Feudalism in Europe and Japan - Brighton Area Schools

Feudalism in Europe and Japan

An economic system in the Middle Ages in which land was exchanged

for service

What is Feudalism


What is a Lord?


A nobleman or knight who grants a fief to a vassal

What is a Lord?


What is a Vassal?


A nobleman or knight who accepts a fief in exchange for service and

swears an oath of fealty to the lord

What is a Vassal?


What is a Fief?


The land given in exchange for service

What is a Fief?


What are Knights?


Highly skilled European soldiers who fought on horseback

What are Knights?


What is Chivalry?


The code of conduct a knight in Europe would follow

What is Chivalry?


What are Knights Fees?


The value of a fief in terms of the number of knights it must provide to

the lord

What are Knights Fees?


What is Simony?


The selling of church positions

What is Simony?


What is a Serf?


Serfs are individuals tied to a piece of land. They cannot be thrown off the

land and must provide labor and services to the lord

What is a Serf?


What is a Peasant?


Free men who in exchange for a small plot of land and protection must provide labor

and services to the lord. They must pay rent and can be kicked off the land

What is a Peasant?


What is Bushido?


The code of conduct a Japanese samurai follows

What is Bushido?


What is a Samurai?


Highly skilled Japanese soldiers who fought on horseback

What is a Samurai?


What is a Shogun?


The hereditary chief of Japan’s warrior class who held real power, while the

emperor ruled in name only

What is a Shogun?


What is a Daimyo?


A warrior lord in feudal Japan who controlled vast amounts of land and

commanded a private army of samurai

What is a Daimyo?


What is Seppuku?


Ritual disembowelment by sword for losing honor

What is Seppuku?


During what years did Feudalism exist in Europe?


700 CE to the 1500s CE

During what years did Feudalism exist in Europe?


During what years did Feudalism exist in Japan?


1100 CE to 1850s CE

During what years did Feudalism exist in Japan?


Why did knights require payment for their services?


Being a knight was very expensive

Why did knights require payment for their services?


What were knights paid with?


Land

What were knights paid with?


What were samurai paid with?


Food

Only the most powerful samurai received land

What were samurai paid with?


Why does feudalism in Europe begin?


Feudalism begins as a result of the Viking, Magyar, and Muslim invasions in

Europe and the inability of kings to protect nobles lands

Why does feudalism in Europe begin?


Why does feudalism in Japan begin?


The lack of a strong central government

The inability of the emperor to protect nobles lands

Why does feudalism in Japan begin?


Why was the knighthood only relegated to the first born or second born sons of noblemen?


The very high cost of becoming a knight

Why was the knighthood only relegated to the first born or second born sons of noblemen?


How much were people tithed by the church?


1/10th of their annual income

How much were people tithed by the church?


What is the design or intent of the manor?


To be self sufficient To provide all of the material and

spiritual needs of the persons living there

What is the design or intent of the manor?


What is a lord or vassal's first loyalty?


To the king

What is a lord or vassal's first loyalty?


What role does marriage play for the nobility?


To advance a family upwards within feudal society

To improve one’s station in life

What role does marriage play for the nobility?


What was the purpose of the three field crop rotation system?


To produce greater harvests

What was the purpose of the three field crop rotation system?


What are the ages of training for a knight?


8 to 18

What are the ages of training for a knight?


What factors were common to all knights and samurai?


Wore armor

Skilled with many weapons

Fought on horseback

What factors were common to all knights and samurai?


What are the similarities between European castles and Japanese castles?


Thick walls

Built on hills

Surrounded by water

What are the similarities between European castles and Japanese castles?


What is the lord's obligation to his vassals?


To be fair to his vassalsNot to demand too much time or money

Protect the knight or noble if attackedAct a as judge in disputes between knights and

other vassals

What is the lord's obligation to his vassals?


What is the vassal's obligation to his lord?


Provide military protection

To pay ransom if the lord was kidnapped

To provide money on special occasions

To house and entertain the lord and his entourage when travelling in the vassal’s lands

What is the vassal's obligation to his lord?


What role did women play in samurai families?


They learned to fightThey had to follow bushido

Be prepared to die to protect their home and family honor

What role did women play in samurai families?


What common element did the Kings of Europe and the Emperor of Japan have during Feudalism in both countries?


Their inability to protect the lands of their nobles

What common element did the Kings of Europe and the Emperor of Japan have during Feudalism in both countries?


What types of prosperity did Tokugawa rule bring to Japan?


Agricultural production rosePopulation and cities growEconomic activity increases

What types of prosperity did Tokugawa rule bring to Japan?


What are the components of the three field crop rotation system?


Fall planting for spring harvest

Spring planting for fall harvest

One field left fallow to improve soil fertility and harvests

What are the components of the three field crop rotation system?


Why is the feudal system so complex?


A person could be a vassal to more than one person

Feudal obligations were specific to time and place

Why is the feudal system so complex?


What is different about peasants in Europe and peasants in Japan?


Peasants in Japan were seen as being honorable since they produced something

They were ranked just below the samurai

What is different about peasants in Europe and peasants in Japan?


What were the factors that caused the end of feudalism in Europe?


The CrusadesGrowth of the Monarchy

The Black DeathEnclosure MovementIndustrial Revolution

What were the factors that caused the end of feudalism in Europe?

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