There were many features of society in both countries on Medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan. The society of a country is how countries develop and live, with traditions and ways of life. Both these countries had a social hierarchy with a social class the European social pyramid was the king, the nobles/lords, the Knights/Vassals, Merchants/farmers/craftsmen and then peasants and serfs. This was similar to Tokugawa japan because the Japanese also had a social pyramid which consisted of the Shogun, the daimyo, the …show more content…
Both countries had a way of life and a system of warriors but there were some differences in these categories between Japan and Europe. The japanese did not pay 10% of their yearly wage to the church or the person in power, however the European did. Medieval Europe the ‘ average person’ paid 10% of their yearly wage to the church, this bill was called the ‘tithe’ (skwirk). This is an example of a social difference. The two countries also had differences between warrior systems aswell. The European had a personal assistant called a squire, a squire had trained since he was 7 and was now at least 14 and looked after horses, armor, weapons and accompanied the Knight the battles and tournaments (document). The japanese were different because they didn't have a personal assistant and their training started at the age of