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Fields and Armor: A Comparative Analysis of English Feudalism and Japanese Hokensei

Fields and Armor is a comparative study of English feudalism from the Norman Conquest until the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189) and Japan’s first military government, the Kamakura Bakufu (1185- 1333). This thesis was designed to examine the validity of a European-Japanese comparison. Such comparisons have been attempted in the past. However, many historians on both sides of the equation have levied some serious criticism against these endeavors. In light, of these valid criticisms, this thesis has been a comparison of medieval English government and that of the Kamakura-Samurai, because of a variety of geographic, cultural and social similarities that existed in both regions. These similarities include similar military organizations and parallel developments, which resulted in the formation of two of most centralized military governments in either Western Europe or East Asia, and finally, the presence and real enforcement of two forms of unitary inheritance in both locales.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc103320
Date12 1900
CreatorsGarrison, Arthur Thomas
ContributorsTanner, Harold M., Hall, Andrew R., Roberts, Walter E.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Garrison, Arthur Thomas, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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