Question

Briefly describe similarities and differences between the feudal economic structures of medieval Europe and medieval Japan. Support your answer with evidence from the course. (4 points)

Answer 1

Although Japan and Europe did not have any direct contact with one another during the medieval and early modern periods, they independently developed very similar class systems, known as feudalism. Feudalism was more than gallant knights and heroic samurai, it was a way of life of extreme inequality, poverty, and violence.