Compare And Contrast European And Japanese Feudalism

Feudalism brought together two powerful groups: lords and vassals. The lords gave vassals land in return for military and other services. Feudalism was a help to Western Europeans for the flowing reasons: 1. Feudalism helped protect communities from the violence and warfare that broke out after the fall of Rome and the collapse of strong central government in Western Europe. Feudalism secured Western Europe’s society

Instead of there being peasants or serfs, there was now the wage-labor force. This is what helped create the rise of the free-market and capitalism and the Bourgeois and the Proletariats. Now skilled labor became a commodity in the market place, and it suffered when the factory system arose. The Western Heritage states, “In the process of becoming wage laborers, artisans gradually lost both significant ownership of the means of production, such as tools and equipment, and of control over the conduct of their own trades.” Instead of the monarchy controlling businesses and the aristocrats, now the middle classes or those that could run factories controlled businesses and turned them into a big profit.

The Plan of Ayala was a document where Emiliano called for a land reform, which drew support from the campesinos. The reason for why Emiliano Zapata wanted a land reform was because he noticed that the hacendados and the top class had monopolized all the land that belong to the people and he became like a robin hood to them because his plan was to take this land from the privilege and give it to the campesinos and that's the big difference between Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa even though they both wanted a land reform they did it differently. The land reform stated that one third of the land of the hacendados had to be given for them to share with the campesinos and whoever disobeys this would have the other two thirds taken away as the Plan of Ayala states. To the revolution the Plan of Ayala because it was a standard test of who they could trust because whoever disagree with this plan wasn't much of Emiliano’s liking, he was also able to carry this plan out in his home state of Morelos but had not much luck or time for him to implement his plan in the rest of Mexico. The Plan of Ayala was quite important for the aim of Emiliano Zapata in the Mexican revolution because it managed to give some of the land back to campesinos even though it wasn't at the scale Emiliano Zapata Invision.

Bourgeoisie generally refers to the middle class such as; merchants, shopkeepers and prosperous farmers etc. On the other hand, aristocracy refers to is the upper class or titled nobility. They were fully different classes in a class system, but after the industrial revolution, fortunes were increasingly linked to the factory system, the raw materials and fuel that supported it, and the financial capital that allowed it to expand because of that the bourgeoisie didn’t entirely replace the aristocracy, however; in many cases, the merged with it through marriage. A marriage between a son of aristocratic lineage and the heiress to an industrial fortune, for example, could be beneficial to both parties: the aristocratic family would gain the financial

In the second pactum, people merged with one another forming a society. But here, the society pledged to follow an authority. In this process, some or all of their freedom and their rights to an authority are surrendered. The authority gives assurance to protect the people 's life, property and to an extent, their liberty. Man must agree to live under the common laws created and build an enforcement mechanism for the social contract and the laws that constitute it.

These people would help the Lord in any way. Another important person who lived within the castle, was the priest. The priest would run ceremonies at the church. The priest is high in the hierarchy and in feudal system. Not everyone listed lived inside the walls of the castle.

Germany was not consulted about this and was forced to sign. Finally, Hitler followed an expansionist policy of Lebensraum, which means living space. This term was used by Nazis to justify their claim to large areas of Russia and Eastern Europe. It was to cater for the growing German population and there are no doubt that Hitler’s aims and objectives contributed to Hitler dominating the diplomatic stage in Europe. Hitler promised to unite all German speakers together and he wanted to create an empire by threatening war to achieve his aims.

The form of government that takes place during Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is feudalism it’s a cast system that was made up of kings, nobles, knights and peasants. The way feudalism worked was by exchanging land for military service which was then passed down to the peasants who would cultivate the land in return for living on it. In medieval times the knights were expected to be honorable, brave and fight for justice. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is considered a masterpiece that was written back in the fourteenth century. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by John Gardner talks about the lesson learned by Sir Gawain such as honor, keeping ones word and learning form ones past mistakes.

In terms of political and social structures, manorialism and feudalism were two major ones in Western Europe. Manorialism was a system of reciprocal economic and political obligations between landlords and peasants. Most individuals were serfs living on self-sufficient agricultural estates, also known as manors. In return for protection, they gave lords part of their crops and provided labor services. (p.215) Years later, Western Europe became very prosperous, and this prosperity promoted political change, influenced by structures established in more unstable times.

Whether they can maintain political power or not. With every society, there are ups and downs, but always find a way to come back strong. Unfortunately, at times, hierarchies lost economic and political power. During the Edo period when the hierarchy changed, the Shogun lost political power, but gave economic power to the entire country.

In this case the Japan and Europe are being classified. The samurais and knights are more alike than different mostly because of the social positions in their communities when they are classified on the social pyramids of Japan for the Samurai and Europe for the Knight. In one of the documents I have read (Document A) it shows the Classification for Japan and Europe. The Samurai and the Knight are both classified in the middle of each pyramid underneath the Shogun and the King but above the peasants in both societies. Also in Document B with Catharina Blomberg as the source it talks about being loyal to their lords.

Both the european knight and japanese samurai are very interesting historical figures with both differences and similarities. Samurais and knights were around from the late 400’s to 1600 C.E. These warriors were made because both japan and europe were in turmoil. The first area of important similarities was social order. In a social ranking system from various sources shows that both knight and samurai were above the peasants but below the daimyos and lords.

Culturally, the Hatch Act granted land for agricultural experimental stations. This act not only boosted the agricultural aspect of America, but it provided jobs for industrial workers who prefered the rural jobs to the urban jobs. Overall, these government actions greatly affected the lives of the industrial workers in

It also greatly reduced the Unitarian power of many countries, each manor implementing feudalism being like a state in a Federalist nation. Feudalism was also another aspect that kept the economy running despite the expensive and fruitless expeditions for gold and other riches in the New World. ECONOMIC - feudalism ran on a series of obligations that could be considered a trading of service in exchange for money, goods, or another service. Even though the classes were not paying each other with money but with services in feudalism, it maintained the economy’s momentum, as it kept everyone working and a steady flow of payments to one another. By keeping an overall strong economy for long periods of time, it helped fund ventures in the new world.

Progress was demonstrated in the rebuild of Rome through their new governmental system. Originally, the governmental system was feudalism. Feudalism is a social system where everyday people worked and fought for the nobles in return for protection and land use. In this social system, the King was at the top, followed by lords, knights, and at the bottom, peasants. From there, Henry I set up an official court system, and a department of royal finances.