As a Part of Their System of Government, the Germans

As a part of their system of government, the Germans

A) elected their leaders, whose total authority covered times of both war and peace.
B) immediately settled down in cities and fortified towns where their leaders held court.
C) had kings who sometimes lived at least part of the year in castles inside towns named for them.
D) rejected the concept that tribute should be made to the office of king rather than to the man himself.
E) used war tactics that were so different from those of the Romans that they rejected virtually everything Roman.