...Knights and Samurai were a big part of their society's success and defense. They each fought in hard, and fierce combat. Knights grew up and were raised in any location in the continent of Europe. They defended their kings and queens empire among ferocious invaders. Samurai, trained and grew up in ancient Japan. They also defended their lords empire against anyone who challenged them. With that said, there were still many differences among both figures. Some of those differences include, job enrollment, there childhood and training, and the armor they used. As you read on, I will explain the many differences among the top two warriors of the middle ages. To get started, Knights and Samurai of the middle ages used very different types of armor and gear. According to ( Document D ), it reads “samurai armor was consisting of small iron scales lacquered together and tied with either silk or leather cords.” another fact to relate to is the fact that samurai gear and armor weighed only up to 15-25 pounds. This is way different than the opposing figure of the knights because Knights of the middle ages wore up to 50-60 pounds of armor across combat and battle. The way the armor was constructed was still very different too, it consisted up of huge Steel plates that covered every inch of the knight's body. Unlike the samurai, knight’s even wore boots...
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...defend them in battle.” Before this, warlords would fight each other to claim land and had threatened to destroy your way of life. Knights and Samurai were the saviors of the nobles and people. Some may argue that Knights and Samurai were extremely different, although they are very much alike. The Samurai and Knights had similar training methods and had similar codes of honor. For Samurai and Knights, the training was very similar. First off, they both started their training at a young age. From the source of the PBS series tilted, “Warrior Challenge” it states that, “ [A] prospective knight’s training [began at the age of four or five] “ (Doc. C) and from the PBS series titled, “Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire” states that, “The rigorous training (of samurai)...began in childhood…” (Doc. C) These two pieces of evidence show that both the knights and samurai had started their training at a young age. This was probably because they could soak in all of the skills while they were young. Also, the warriors of Europe and Japan practiced with a...
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...the civilians. He will be a knight, the warrior class of Europe. It started out similarly for a samurai, the warrior class of Japan. Despite these similar beginnings, samurais and knights were different because they trained differently, had different armor, and their view on death was different. Training was different for samurais and knights. First of all, they had different ages of advancement. For example, in Japan one could become a samurai at age 14, while he had to be at least 21 in Europe (Document C). This is different because to become a knight, a trainee would need to became a page and a squire first, while someone could just be fighting at 14 in Japan. A samurai and a knight...
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