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    compare and contrast the ancient japan Nobles and ancient japan Samurai . I am going to tell you how their same and different in many ways. I got my information from World History Medieval to Early Modern Times. The nobles and samurai had many similarities . One similarities is they are on the social level.Another similarity is that they both practiced Zen . My last similarity is that they both were fighters. The nobles and samurai had the same social level . They got to tell other social levels

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    Japan in the 10th century was experiencing change and disorder as its relatively new central government sought techniques for a strong and enduring legacy. In this period lived a man named Taira no Masakado. In events which are swirled with mystery and legend‚ Masakado found himself in direct opposition with the government‚ even proclaiming the title of the “New Emperor”. His legacy endures to this day and is a fundamental component in contemporary Japanese folklore. Was Masakado a product of his

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    film’s format. The style of Samurai Cop can be described as cheap and fast filming‚ and according to critique George Pacheco from 10k Bullets it contains a plethora of “mini- masterpieces of unintentional comedic gold.” There are many moments in the film where there is comic relief with unintentional humor‚ such as close-ups of facial reactions and straight faced dialogue that give the film a comedic style even though it was unintentional. For example‚ when Joe‚ a.k.a. Samurai Cop‚ is giving a monologue

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    period 6/7 Midterm Exam Essays Essay 1: During the Medieval period‚ European society was divided into three estates. The first estate included the Holy church‚ and it made up about 5-10% of the population. The second estate was the nobles‚ knights‚ and warrior‚ and they also made up 5-10% of the population. The majority of the population was made up of the commons‚ the third estate. The only form if government the medieval times had was feudalism. Feudalism is a loose system of government

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    Knights and Chivalry Chivalry was a system of ethical ideals developed among the knights of medieval Europe. Arising out of the feudalism of the period‚ it combined military virtues with those of Christianity‚ as epitomized by he Arthurian legend in England and the chansons de geste of medieval France. The word chivalry is derived from the French chevalier‚ meaning horseman or knight. Chivalry was the code of conduct by which knights were supposedly guided. In addition to military prowess

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    however there was one that stood out vastly from the others: The Samurai. Samurai are noble warriors whom emerged during the Edo period of Japan‚ they first began as a hired guard for the rich‚ landholding nobles. The word “samurai” means “the one who serves” in the Japanese language‚ as more noble families appeared‚ the samurai culture shifted from being hired guards into a family organization. In exchange for land or income‚ samurai swore loyalty to their lords and would do nothing to dishonor the

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    Masculinity/ Femininity Dimension in the Last Samurai According to Hofstede‚ Masculinity/ Femininity dimension explains Masculinity: The way the samurais in the movie were portrait are in fact extremely accurate to those that existed in the 18th century. From as young as seven or eight years of age‚ boys we turned from kids into killing samurais. In one of the scene’s of the movie‚ we see two young boys learning to fight with wooden sticks. Although so young‚ their skills were already better

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    lives of knights and samurai were‚ in many ways‚ very similar. Both had to be loyal to their lords. These lords expected them to fight well and to be fearless in battle. The lords also expected their knights or samurai to live disciplined and honorable lives. Both European knights and Japanese samurai had to follow strict codes of honor of behavior. The Japanese code of the samurai was called Bushido and European code of the knights was called Chivalry. Both codes required knights and samurais to be

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    Medieval Universities The English universities were one of the most significant creations of Medieval England. The scholars who attended eitherOxford or Cambridge Universities set an intellectual standard that contrasted markedly with the norm of Medieval England. Oxford University came into being some 20 years before Cambridge University. The church had a major impact at Oxford. The town came within the diocese of Lincoln‚ yet Oxford had its own archdeaconry. It was the input of the church that

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    1873‚ the imperial government finally looked to dismantle the Tokugawa system. In 1876‚ the final blow to the old way of Japanese life came. The Government stopped paying the samurai class their fixed regular sum of money (stipends) and took away their privilege of carrying swords. Abolishing the privileged status of the samurai caused rebellions‚ primarily

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