There are, however, surprisingly some similarities, also. For instance, both the feudal Japan hierarchy and of today’s are represented in a pyramid shape, meaning there is only one who is at the very top of the hierarchy, the ruler. The number of people in each class increases as the c...
Year seven pupils (eleven-year-olds) are required to have a grasp of the feudal pyramid as a social structure introduced by William the Conqueror. Clearly social structures were more complicated than this. The Church needs to fit into the equation along with the merchant classes and the impact...