Warriors: Knights VS Samurai: Introduction: For this ‘Japan Under the Shoguns’ assessment task‚ I have chosen Warriors: Knights VS Samurais. A knight is a mounted warrior of the feudal system of Europe. A samurai is a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan‚ especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos. Roles and responsibilities: Knights had the responsibilities of fighting in the king’s army and leading troops of soldiers to war. Not only those responsibilities
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The Importance of the Retainer and King in the Heroic Code Members of the Anglo-Saxon warrior society subscribed to an ethos that celebrated the heroic code. In the passage from Beowulf‚ the poet’s interest in the duties of a loyal retainer and the duties of a great king are evident in the specific language he uses to describe Beowulf’s encounter with the dragon. In one specific passage of this poem‚ Beowulf is portrayed as an ideal retainer by the loyalty‚ courage and fealty to the king he possesses
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Samurai‚ warriors that fought to show respect and honor to their ancestors and community. Samurai was placed in the middle of the social pyramid this means that the samurais did not have too little or too much power. Samurai are very important in history because‚ they would take on Seppuku which is a ritual suicide and these warriors swords had a special significance. To begin with‚ the ritual suicide that the Samurai would perform is significant because‚ assuming that the Samurai were to lose in
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ranks they are very similar I.E the merchants in feudal japan were similar to those of the European one (Serfs/Peseants). Feudal Japanese and European societies were built on a system of hereditary classes. The nobles were at the top‚ followed by the warriors‚ with tenant farmers or serfs below them‚ there was very little social mobility. Between the classes. Economic benefits were exchanged between the different peoples through multiple ways‚ the peasants made tools‚ weapons and food for the samurais
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have a lot of differences to. Like how they were both classified warriors who fought mostly for their kingdom and their families. The samurai followed a code called bushido‚but the knights didn’t follow the same code they followed a code called chivalry. The samurai and knights were both highly trained warriors who protected their kingdom as well as their people. More than a thousand years ago‚ a class of professional warriors started war who swore oaths of loyalty to the noble lords and fought
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Similarities and differences list – Similarities. * Both were a warrior class‚ who swore loyalty to their feudal lords‚ and who in turn were rewarded with land and money by those they served. * Both enjoyed special privileges in their societies‚ and place high value on ancestry. * At the same time‚ it was possible for people to "break into" the Knightly/Samurai class for much of both Europe and Japan’s feudal eras. * Both started out as primarily cavalrymen‚ though the Samurai
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Christianity in their society. Perhaps the most major of similarities in these cultures is the way that they honored the military strongly. In both Europe and Japan‚ the warrior class was held at highest regard. They also were both taken for training from boyhood. Though there is one unmistakable difference between the two‚ the warrior code the Samurai of Japan went by‚ differed immensely from that of the European Knights. These codes were the code of ethics for their lifestyle. Knights in Europe were
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Book Assignment - “Warrior Ethos/On Sheep‚ Wolves‚ and Sheepdogs” by Steven Pressfield/LTC (RET) Dave Grossman 1a. “The Warrior Ethos embodies certain virtues—courage‚ honor‚ loyalty‚ integrity‚ selflessness and others—that most warrior societies believe must be inculcated from birth” (Pressfield 3). 1b. “Their only response to the wolf‚ though‚ is denial‚ and all too often their response to the sheepdog is scorn and disdain” (Grossman 4). In these examples we look at the warrior in Pressfields description
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Do you ever wonder what would happen if knights and samurais lived together? Even though they lived in completely different places around the world they developed a similar culture. So were the similarities between knights and samurais greater than the the differences they had back then? My thesis is that even though both knights and samurais never met they were more similar than they were different. One reason why samurais and knights were more similar than different is because of the way they were
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YEAR 8 HUMANITIES MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND SHOGUNATE JAPAN ESSAY The Medieval Era saw the development of two distinct warriors’ classes from Europe and Japan. These warriors were Knights and samurai. They were marked in history as some of the strongest and courage’s warriors In History. They were very similar but when deciding who was better on the battlefield is a whole other story we will find out who is better when we compare who’s training prepared them for battle better‚ who had stronger armour
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