Feudalism

Japan had to deal with many issues during its period of reunification. The major issue for Japan was the constant fighting between daimyo. From 1500-1603, Japan went through a devastating civil war, in which Toyotomi Hideyoshi eventually won. After Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu created a Shogunate that had imperial rule, so the daimyo could no longer fight for control. Japan also struggled with its changing economy in that merchants had low status but higher wealth than the daimyo and samurai. The lords

In order to embark on two different cultures within the same time period during the middle Ages there needs to be a clear contrast between the two. In the Western Middle Ages where the emergence of lords and vassals came about there was sworn loyalty by vassals to their lords of whom took care of them. In return the vassals would serve, protect and honor their lords. Therefore the mutual obligations of lords and vassals was to honor one another. Vassals doing so with their military services to

The French Revolution (1789-1799) happened due to a series of events from feudal oppression, political conflict, the enlightenment, and economic hardship. This revolution “destroyed the hierarchical and corporate society (Perry 282)” in return for a more favorable modern society where the citizens have more power and voice, giving a sense of nationalism instead of loyalism. The French Revolution could be boiled down simply as the poor, working class wanting similar rights to the upper bourgeoisie

The count of Nouâtre, a town north of Noyers , called Radulfus had an agreement with Boso de Chillo that when the end should come for viscount Henry, that the count would give Henry’s land to Boso, as a count was known to do for vassals that pleased him. Without his knowledge though, Henry had promised the land in secret to Aimericus, a vassal of Count Matheus. So at the time of Henry’s death, Aimericus, son of Aimericus pf Saint-Savigny, inherited the land to the great displeasure of both Radulfus

Reeves In The Middle Ages Reeves in the middle ages played a very key role to society. During the middle ages, “the Reeve could enforce standards and customs of the community and he had total authority to enforce the “king's peace.”(Web.) The reeves had many difficult tasks and had to be prepared for anything. These tasks included enforcing rules and customs in their community, they had orders from the throne to force the peasants to pay their taxes, and they had many judicial responsibilities.

Catherine the Great, was born on May 2, 1729, in Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), and became the Russian empress in 1762. During her reign, Russia expanded its borders, made many political reforms, increased the religious toleration, and modernized exponentially, earning her the title of “Enlightened Despot.” She died on November 17, 1796 in Tsarskoye Selo, or what is now Pushkin. Catherine, started out as a minor German princess. Her birth name was Sophie Friederike Auguste, and she grew

The Knights of Europe and the Samurai of Japan shared quite a few similarities; however, they do also share many differences. One such similarity would be that both the Knights and the Samurais were brave, strong, and loyal to their cause, especially due to both of their trainings starting at a very young age. An example of a difference would be the samurais having a much lighter armor than knights. This allowed for a more agile army. They also ascended to their titles at separate ages, with samurais

I step out of the dark hut that my family lives in and onto the grounds of my lord's manor, which are being lit by the slowing rising sun. I see other people coming from their huts to the fields. There's something that doesn't feel right. Not that there are people heading to the fields - that's our daily lives. It feels odd because it is mostly women who are walking towards the fields, since many of our men have left to fight battles with the lord of the manor. In fact, that is why I am walking to

The islands of Japan are really just the tops of undersea mountains and volcanoes. About only 20% of land is flat, and most of that land already has people living there. The Japanese people didn’t have a written language, until they learned the Chinese language. Seafood, was and is a main part of life due to living surrounded by the sea. Japan had different “cast” or societies. Life for the Emperor, Shogun, daimyo, Samurai, and peasants were all different; it was hard for some and easy for others

16. Matriarchal - Matriarchal is a key characteristic in all tribes, families, or even whole societies that are ruled mostly or entirely by women. To be Matriarchal is the exact opposite as to be Patriarchal, where men are dominant in the ruling of things. 17. Medieval - To be Medieval is to be pertaining to, or of the middle ages. The word is used informally to describe something very old and/or primitive. The word first appeared in english in 1827, and from there to now the definition has barely