Comparing Feudal Japan And Medieval Europe

Religion and Economy in Medieval Europe and Japan Social Hierarchy after Urbanization Religion did not have as much of an impact on daily life and the overall development of Japan as it did Europe. For instance the maximum of the wars were fought for wealth or power, not religion, but what it did do was influence certain features. The people in Japan stuck to their original Shinto religion when Buddhism was involuntary forced on them, but soon after they discovered Zen Buddhism; a practice that was more focused on a personal experience and enlightenment. This new religion created a general focused awareness in Japan, but also influenced culture and the arts, for example Noh Theater, which was known for its precise and restricted movements.

Have you ever heard of the medieval knights from Europe or the medieval samurais from Japan. Both warrior served a important role in defense for their region. In fact both knights and samurais played a role in a social system known as feudalism. Feudalism began in Europe as early as the 8th century and began in Japan in about 1185 A.D both due to the lack of security. In a one-on-one battle, a samurai would win because of their strong weapons, enforced training, and the acceptance of death.

Victor decided to destroy both the female creature and his promise with the wretch after listing to himself the unknown possibilities that could become the a threat to the human race as he states, ''she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate...might refuse to comply with a compact made before her creation... They might even hate each other... She also might turn with disgust from him...'' (Volume lll , Chapter 3, page 136) The indecisiveness of the outcome was put to an end once Victor concluded that it is a threat to not only him, but to the rest of the world.

The societies of feudal Europe and shogunate Japan had many similarities and differences. These society's roughly fell between the time period of 400CE and 1800 CE. Both societies had rich cultures and defined history. Many similarities and differences were found in the social structure, the development of the warrior classes and the religion practiced by both societies.

This also led to being influenced differently. The Japanese culture during Feudal Japan was only influenced by the Tang Dynasty in China before the system of feudalism took place. However, feudal Europe was influenced by the Byzantine Empire, the Germanic tribes that constantly invaded them, and the Church. Influences often led to the thoughts women¡¯s power in societies. Women in Japan were to be thought as equal and honorable as men. They were used as spies, disguised as geishas. They were able to lead their own troops and the poor women had to work alongside with men. They were able to become nuns or shrine maidens called mikos. Women in Europe were thought of as weak creatures unless they were nobles. However, the noble women¡¯s powers began to decline as the Church tried to gain more power. The Church held the largest amount of land in Europe and it considered itself eligible to have political power. Religion did not play a major role in politics. Japan was only affected when Christianity had threatened the politics and economy so it was banned.

Feudal Europe and Japan were different places but were similar in some ways. They also had their differences though. Some of the ways in which they were similar was that they both had a ruler, code of honor, and powerless women. Their points of contrast were involved with political, economic, and social. They were different politically because of who held the power.

Because Japan and France both existed within the genre of feudal society, they shared many economic similarities. Both feudal systems had common qualities of fief organization, similar inheritance customs, taxing systems and issues with debt, and the lack of social mobility characteristic of feudalism.

Shogun Japan and medieval Europe have similar ways of creating warfare weapons and armour than we think. Samurai’s and Knights are both professional warriors who lived, worked, and fought in the Shogun Japan and Medieval Europe eras which lasted around (1192-1867) and (1400-1450). Samurai’s and knights have been told to be similar, however there can be only an amount of things they could be similar in, like their armour, their weapons, and their fighting style. Body Paragraph 1: The medieval Knight and Shogun Japan wore different armour and weapons but also shared several similarities. While the Knights wore chain metal, the Samurais wore an apron made of armour that protected their thighs, so they do not get sliced through.

Each strove to maintain a centralized government. For Japan the leader was to be called an emperor or empress who could only be a part of the royal family if they were related to the Shinto sun goddess. As for Europe, the leader was to be called a king or a queen. Like Japan, not just anybody could become royalty. Kings and queens came from a long descent of an Imperial family. Tradition was that the first born son of the king would become the next ruler following the kings death. However, if no legitimate son were born then the daughter would become queen. In Europe, the royal family and institution was usually

Feudal Europe and Feudal Japan are very similar and very different in many different ways. They are different in economical, social class, and political ways. Their similarities in social class were that they both have codes of honor for their warriors. They both treat women as they were powerless.

But Japan is an archipelago so they could selectively borrow Chinese culture and not just be taken over by the Chinese. China saw themselves as the exemplar for Asian civilization and therefore influenced many civilizations in the region. This allowed Middle China and Japan to become interconnected. These interactions led these two civilizations to have many similarities, but also many differences. Middle China and Classical Japan had many interconnections and

There are two side of every issue, but what’s is the same? The type of government, social classes, beliefs? Looking at Japan and Europe, you might not think that they share similarities, but in some cases they actually do.

Europe had Christianity and Japan had Buddhism. Though they were vastly different, they both held great influence with all the classes. Farming also had a role in both cultures. In Europe they developed new system called the three-field system. They would plant one field with grain, a second with peas or beans, and the third they left unplanted.

Medieval Europe: Religion Michael Deniz III History 110 Western Civilization Michael D. Hole, Ph.D. May 15th 2018 Medieval Europe: Religion During the medieval times in Europe civilization was going through a vast majority of changes in philosophy politics economics and social structure. What I'm choosing to focus on is religion due to the matter of fact that in Medieval Europe it had a great influence to the civilization and culture. It formed the religions and practices that we have come to know to this day. It had a great contribution to the architecture for the next couple hundred of years. It had a strong connection to the kingdom at one point even superseded the king.

Feudal Japan and Ming China were two times in history within these similar countries, that have been around since ancient times. These countries have similar and different traditions, a way of doing things, that have defined them as a civilization and a world power. The Japanese and Chinese had times where select families or people were in control, dynasty, because of their ranks and their abilities, in addition their social classes were similar in the way they treated people, and how people treated other people depending on their jobs and their status. There were the shoguns,a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan, and in China there were the emperors, the ones ruling the empire (land), these were the people that were at the top