Nobles Increasingly Relied Upon Gifts and Offices from Their Kings

Nobles increasingly relied upon gifts and offices from their kings and princes because:

A) nobles were forbidden from engaging in commerce.
B) the military roles the nobles had to play exhausted them financially.
C) nobles began to play more of a role in the king's administration.
D) they were signs of loyalty and affection from the king.
E) nobles were becoming economically challenged by declining agricultural revenues.