In addition, a Lower Court (la Court de la Borgesie) is mentioned, which abjudicated in matters of common law.

On the other hand, all vassals owed the Prince four months service in the field and four months garrison duty every year, retiring after the age of sixty, but only if a replacement could be provided. This put the principality on constant war footing. Indeed, the knights of Achaea enjoyed a considerable reputation both in the Levant and in Western Europe.

With the Byzantine recovery of the

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