Are There Any Feudal Societies Today? Unique in England, the village of Laxton in Nottinghamshire continues to retain some vestiges of the feudal system in which the land is still farmed using the open field system. The feudal court now meets only annually, with its authority now restricted to management of the farmland. Do feudal
Who Were The Merchants Of Japan? Under the Tokugawa shogunate, merchants were members of the “shomin” caste, at the bottom of the social order. For their dealings with money, they were scorned as parasites of society. Many prominent families became merchants after the samurai class was dissolved in the 1870’s. Why were artisans important in
What Factors Led To The Rise Of Nation States? What factors led to the rise of nation states? For our purposes, we’ll focus on two main factors which led to the rise of nation-states. They are: the decline of feudalism and the decline of Church power. To begin, a nation-state is a defined territory with