Imagine, more than a thousand years ago in Medieval times, arose two professional warriors that lived up to swore oaths of loyalty, and an honored code. To keep order in the land, Feudalism demanded the two classes to fight to the death in order to defend their lord in battle. That is why European Knights and Japanese Samurai are different because of training they did, religion they followed, and the codes they lived by. The Knights and Samurai were different by their various different training methods. Each warrior had a hard time going through the long process of training. Starting their life of being a warrior in the beginning of their childhood were the Samurai, while Knights started at the age four or five starting to learn to ride a pony (Document C). Let alone, at what a young age these warriors began training to become their civilizations pride and honor. At age fourteen the trainees were finally able to go to the ceremony called, Genpuku to become a Samurai. Knights on the other hand, had to wait until twenty-one to become an official because they had a longer process of training …show more content…
Knights and Samurais had two different beliefs in how they lived. The feudal lord of Japan followed his loyalty by heredity with father to son, so that the relations to the lord went on between generations of families. As for the European contract, which consisted of legal obligations of lord and vassal respectively (Document B). The Samurai's life was considered loyal to his loren but also the life of his wife and children. The Samurai were not afraid of death and knew that life still goes on and they would be reincarnated. Although, the Knights death consisted of asking for forgiveness so the Knight will go to heaven to follow Christianity (Document F). These actions were chose by the warriors them self that shows courage and integrity to their family and