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Samurai Vs Medieval Knight

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Samurai vs Knight
Medieval Europe shared many different things with medieval Japan and they also shared many differences. Both of them have different types of worriers. They both fought for their country. In medieval Europe they had knights. In medieval Japan they had samurai. Both of them fought in different ways and we're good at diffrent things.
All knights were protected by full body armor and a shield and sword. Because of their armour it was easy to identify certain knights from certain places. All knight used many strong large weapons and they also used a shield to guard themselves from other nights trying to hit them. Both of these things were made from steel. One of their biggest advantages were that they rode on horseback.because …show more content…

The armor was heavy because it was made from a lot of metal. Underclothes made of linen had to be worn to prevent chafing from the metal armour. Moving in their armour was very limited and difficult. because of the large protection of the helmet it limited vision and breathing ability.There were many different components to the armour so it was hard to put on and assemble quickly.
The armor that the samurai wore was light because was mostly made from bamboo with small parts made of cloth and metal. Because it was so light it made movement easy unlike the knight’s armor. They were good for hand to hand combat, particularly for samurai's precise and quick movements. samurai's could fight both on horse and on foot fairly easily. They were extremely skilled in hand to hand combat and a range of other fighting skills.
Most of these disadvantages were worse than the knites. They had less protection for the body, which made them slightly more vulnerable. There were many different components of their armour which made it hard to put on. Samurai's did have weaker weapons than those of a knight's. They fought mainly on foot and when faced with a knight on a horse were overpowered. Most of their weapons like arrows would not be able to penetrate a knight's …show more content…

The word knight got this name from the Old English word cniht. The Knight’s duty were very similar to the samurai's. They were hired to protect land and the people that owned the land. They also had a code like the samurai. This code stuck them to their duties and made sure that they kept their morals. Knights controlled land and the land was managed by the peasants of the kingdom. It was the peasants who mostly fought the battles instead of the knights. The knights led the peasants into the battle they fought.
The Samurai and the Knights came from noble families since horses, armor, training, and weapons were very expensive there family had to be very rich. They were the high class and they had many privileges unlike the peasants. They were suppose to be a good example to the lower classes and had to follow the principles of their religion but most of them did not. The Samurai and Knight’s most important rules are loyalty to their master, self discipline, and brave, selfless behavior. These warriors had one goal. That goal was to serve their lord and be successful. In conclusion, both the knights and samurai were very alike other than how strict the codes they followed were. Both classes were honored and obeyed their codes strictly is not they would be punished severely if they did not honor their

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