The highest ranking military officer would have the rank of General. Of course, there are political bureaucrats above a General, but they are not in the military itself.
Life of a Vassal:worked the lord's land, received a fief in exchange for service, served the lord in battle
Life of a Peasant: lived and worked on a manor, ran the manor household, served the lord in battle
The use of redistricting to unfairly disenfranchise specific groups of people
Gerrymandering is definitely not a legal process though some try to get away with it. It's used by the political party in charge of redistricting to skew the proportion of voters in a district towards their political party so they receive more representation in the government than other parties.
