ANTH222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Japanese War Crimes, Knights Hospitaller

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH222
• Professor: Dr. Peter G Roe

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Knights: only about 1% of the population, elite, sir , highest level in the noble class just below nobility. Chivalry: knights developed a code of conduct for fighting, no ambushing, you kill in open battle properly, after surrender, you have to be treated well. Japanese feudal lords: each one controls a group of peasants, building fortified residences, and using soldiers to protect themselves. Fealty (ronin: ronin = masterless samurai, but they haven"t lost their allegiance. They will eventually get together and kill who killed their master, and then they"ll kill themselves. Japanese knight: 10% of the population, japan is much more militarized than, europe, the sole purpose in life is success in war, learn their skills by okendo with wooden swords, they"re also trained in karate. Bushido: the way of the warrior , japanese chivalry code, couldn"t attack only peasants, you had to fight other samurai, usually one on one. S hei (buddhist: warrior monks, despite the fact that.