What role did the nobility play in poland and england?

Poland: The nobility in Poland was accesible to everyone and also disorganized. A peasant could rise up to become a nobel and they were of the same official social standing as someone born into nobility. The ruling class was more an oligarchy, which is a form of government run by a small number of people such as wealthy landowners, royalty or powerful military figures, than it was a monarchy. Individuals that ruled over a small area had great local influence and were able to reject large-scale legislation. The nobility of Poland worked to decentralize power from the monarchs.

England: English nobility is a monarchy, where nobles were concentrated in the top rows of society and ruled with their own interests in mind. The monarchy was very powerful. There was a division between the monarchy and the other nobles that pursued to acquire more power. There were a series of struggles between the King and the Parliament because of the need to determine the role each should play in governing the nation. The monarchy caused Parliamentary Government to be favored due to the oppressive nature with which it once ruled.