Dbq Essay On Samurai Or Knights

Samurais or knights?

The question was, who would win in a battle? A samurai? Or a knight? Of Course they both have their advantages and disadvantages but they also both have things in common that they can't do. A samurai warrior was a member of a powerful japanese military. On the other hand a knight warrior was a man of noble birth who after a couple stages, he would be raised to honorable military rank. While knights and samurais have many similarities, in a one on one battle, the advantage would be to the samurai and this can be seen in their armor, beliefs, and their training techniques.

The first way that samurais have an advantage is with their armor. In document D written by Terry Bennett it says that the knights have pure metal on them which weighs from 40-60 pounds.not only do the knights have tons of weight , but they also put armor on their

In document F written by sir Thomas Malory it says “With great ceremony each knight took the vows of true knighthood, solemnly promising… to give mercy to those asking it…”. That would mean if the samurai were to ask for mercy in a battle, the knights would have to give mercy it else they're dishonoring knighthood which was the greatest disgrace. However it also says in the same document “A Roman Nobel would rather be killed than break an oath.” So if a samurai were to capture a knight saying to let them win a battle or they'll get killed, the knight knows he won't be able to accomplish that so now the samurai has the opportunity to kill the knight.

My claims were on how the samurai had a higher possiblity on winning a battle. Both knights and samurais are two warriors with similarities and differences. Those differences have an affect on a battle such as someone defeating the other. Over all with the samurais advantages on their armor, training, and the knights beliefs, they'll have a higher chance to win a