Feudalism was a form of government in Japan and Western Europe at one time. Feudalism is a decentralized form of government. It was a major system for Japan for 700 years from the 12th century. In Western Europe‚ it was a major system from the 9th century to the 10th century. The two feudal systems were similar because they both went into a feudal period for protection. The difference is that the Japanese went into the feudal period for protection from internal invasions and Europe wanted to be protected
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In Depth: Comparing Feudalisms 1. Do you think the characteristics of feudalism help explain the later success of Western & Japanese societies? Yes‚ the militaristic characteristics of the Western and Japanese societies help explain how much land they conquered and how powerful they were. 2. Have the political accomplishments of both Japan & Western Europe matched their economic achievements? Both Japan and Western Europe practiced feudalism and they were both unusually successful in industrial
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To best understand feudalism and its effect on Europe‚ one must first understand what it is. Feudalism is the sociopolitical system that was adopted after the fall of Rome‚ all the way to the beginning of the Renaissance. It was used to characterize many aspects of medieval society. It was a society that based politics and society on personal ties instead of a greater government or military. The beginning of feudalism can be seen with Charles Martel who gave out the first land grant in exchange for
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In The Crisis of Feudalism‚ Jason Moore composes an environmental history to detail the downfall of feudal hierarchies and the beginning of proto-capitalist elements. According to Moore‚ the advent of the bubonic plague destabilized existing labor-land relations throughout the feudal system. The universal nature of the pandemic‚ coupled with the palpable population decline empowered laborers within the feudal economy. Moreover‚ this fundamental realignment of power among the various classes incentivized
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Japan and Europe both had periods of feudalism in the early points of last millennia. Both systems of feudalism had different treatments of women‚ diffrent codes of honor‚ and different rulers. The rulers in Europe were kings‚ with very little power. Most of the power of the kings was in the hands of the Catholic church. The Catholic Church and the kings would give fiefs to those under them in the feudal system‚ the lords and vassals. These lords and vassals would allow peasants and serfs to live
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When looking at Feudalism and the current form of government we have today‚ we can see that feudalistic ideas play a key factor in our government’s guidelines. WE can take the social rankings during the medieval time period and the social rankings of today and show how similar they are. We can also take the highest level of both social rankings and show how they have the same ideas‚ and standards. Feudalistic governments had social classes that consisted of nobility‚ fiefs‚ serfs and the peasantry
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The End of European Feudalism; The Black Plague Life for a peasant in medieval Europe was extremely difficult. The peasant class did not own land and worked long‚ hard hours for the nobility. After centuries under the Feudal system‚ the Black Death spread through Europe and changed the status of both the land owner and peasant forever. As the population recovered from the decimation‚ the peasant class grew more powerful and enjoyed an improved quality of life. Feudalism is a social system
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categories such as their geographic location and their culture but they also have similarities which come from the past history of both. Feudalism is one common characteristic that they had throughout history. They may differ but the many characteristics of feudalism can also prove they are the same. Feudalism developed slightly later in Japan than in Europe. Europe’s feudalism was influenced most likely by the Roman empire and Germanic tribes. Japan’s feudal tradition can be traced to T’ang China and the
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Fudelison: How did feudalism impact the Middle Ages? Was it that important to understand some of the many things that it had an impact on? Most women struggled to have an image during that time (https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-england/medieval-women/). They didn’t have any say in what they chose to do‚ as they couldn’t marry without asking for their parent’s consent and couldn’t own anything unless they were widowed. They also couldn’t divorce their husbands and couldn’t own any land
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vassal did very well‚ they would be given their own fief‚ or area of land. Most lords and knights were very obedient to the feudal system but when their power was abused to such an extent as during the War of the Roses‚ it exposed the fatal flaw of feudalism and was its demise.
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