Middle ages Europe vs medieval japan
During the middle ages (476 CE – 14th century) of Europe a feudal system was being created, likewise during the same time in medieval japan a similar feudal system was developing. These two feudal systems were almost identical in the social hierarchy and in jobs however there were differences nether less. Some of the similarities though wold be how similar their feudal pyramid worked. This pyramid consisted of the highest member of the society (king or emperor) at the tip and lowest members (peasants or merchants) at the bottom of it.
During the middle ages Europe there was one leader who controlled all the land he was called the king and the only person that he could answer to was …show more content…
These men were called in feudal Japan, samurai, and I feudal Europe knights. While they both served their masters in similar context, their weapons, armour and other things varied greatly. The first major difference was their religion, the samurai followed the code of bushido (pronounced bu-sheed-o) and means roughly translated in English to ‘’Those who serve’’ and if dishonoured were expected to commit seppuku this however compared to the knight’s religion of Christianity, such suicide was thought of as a dishonourable and against the Christian religion. The second major difference between the samurai and the knights was their armour, while both samurai and knights rode horses into battle the knights relied on them as in their all metal armour they were almost completely immobilized and would use the horses to move them around the battlefield while doing so attempting to knock their opponent of the horse with either their sword , a lance ( a long spear ) or a mace ( a metal pole with a heavy end this type of weapon was used when knight armour became too thick to penetrate with normal weapons) whereas the samurais had lighter armour made of mainly lacquered leather that sacrificed protection for quickness and
During the middle ages (476 CE – 14th century) of Europe a feudal system was being created, likewise during the same time in medieval japan a similar feudal system was developing. These two feudal systems were almost identical in the social hierarchy and in jobs however there were differences nether less. Some of the similarities though wold be how similar their feudal pyramid worked. This pyramid consisted of the highest member of the society (king or emperor) at the tip and lowest members (peasants or merchants) at the bottom of it.
During the middle ages Europe there was one leader who controlled all the land he was called the king and the only person that he could answer to was …show more content…
These men were called in feudal Japan, samurai, and I feudal Europe knights. While they both served their masters in similar context, their weapons, armour and other things varied greatly. The first major difference was their religion, the samurai followed the code of bushido (pronounced bu-sheed-o) and means roughly translated in English to ‘’Those who serve’’ and if dishonoured were expected to commit seppuku this however compared to the knight’s religion of Christianity, such suicide was thought of as a dishonourable and against the Christian religion. The second major difference between the samurai and the knights was their armour, while both samurai and knights rode horses into battle the knights relied on them as in their all metal armour they were almost completely immobilized and would use the horses to move them around the battlefield while doing so attempting to knock their opponent of the horse with either their sword , a lance ( a long spear ) or a mace ( a metal pole with a heavy end this type of weapon was used when knight armour became too thick to penetrate with normal weapons) whereas the samurais had lighter armour made of mainly lacquered leather that sacrificed protection for quickness and