We have the timespace of steden en staten, or cities and states. Steden and staten took place from 1000-1500. Steden en staten is called that because a lot of people started to build cities and states, and with cities came the monarchy, but there were no kings or queens yet, so when the provinces were created or holland, zeeland , sticht Utrecht, gelre friese landen. There had to be people to watch over the provinces, and that’s where the counts, or graaf came in, counts were the people to watch over a city to make sure nothing bad happened to it.