Feudalism: Europe vs. Japan Just like a democracy, a monarchy or a dictatorship, feudalism is another form of government used to rule large groups of people. Feudalism took form around the 850’s A.D. when a strong central government was not working well. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, feudalism means: a political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the relation of …showed first 75 words of 1937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1937 total…that they should not pay their homage and other services to their lords, the feudal system fell apart. In Japan in 1871, the shogunate was abolished, and with it went the feudal society. Both types of feudalism in Japan and Europe were great governments, because they lasted for hundreds of years. Many governments before feudalism had failed to last for any period of time, yet this government held relative peace for a long period of time.