Sentences with phrase «as feudal»

The characters in the game have mixed background history that resembles through their clothing such as the Feudal Japan.

Asbel's father subsequently dies, and Asbel then takes his place as a feudal lord, and the adventure begins.

It is also illustrated in the long list of matters dedicated to the federal government in the exclusive legislative list and in the revenue allocation formula which gives 52 % of national revenue to an incompetent and remote federal government, which in effect operates as a feudal bureaucracy with an «emperor», «sheik» or «king» at its head!

5 Islamic societies were certainly not so hierarchical as feudal Europe but, just as the laws of Christendom were shaped by the Christian faith, so Shari'a law is based on the teachings of the Qur» an.

(15) This work explores the impact of various historical developments: bishops as feudal princes; the Enlightenment; the French Revolution; bourgeois religion; and the Council's final «break with its feudal past.

They might be described as the feudal underlords of the personality, of which Whitehead speaks in Modes of Thought: «Finally, the overlord tends to relapse into the conventionality of routine imposed upon the subordinate governors, such as the heart.

The Muslim aristocracy was feudal in character, depending on levies enlisted from the middle and lower classes of Muslims, usually of the same nationality as the feudal leader.

Not exact matches

Neoliberal evangelists of this revival of feudal privilege argued that economies don't need a government — unless, of course, the financial sector controls it, as landlords did in feudal Europe.

Even as the absence of a feudal order and established church have shaped American institutions and political habits, the dialectic of a feudal order and established churches and of secularist rejection of religion has structured European attitudes toward the United States, particularly toward the American experiment in religious freedom and toward the seemingly unabating religious vitality that this system has produced.

The Church adapted herself to the feudal way of life, with the parish church and the monasteries as focal points of communal life.

Modern Western civilization arose as men sought to throw off the restrictions of the feudal order and to expand their activities into the wider arenas opened up by commerce and exploration.

Here sovereignty might actually clash with sovereignty, as was the case of feudal Western Christianity and feudal Japanese and Tibetan Buddhism, the religious might clash with the secular.

«33 Since the church stood as the ideological sanction of the feudal system, it was necessary to de-mythologize that system before it could be directly destroyed.

He also points out, however, that the market system removes some kinds of inequality, such as those in feudal and authoritarian systems in which the people holding political power dictate the economic distribution as well.

However, as time passed and long before the appearance of Protestantism, monarchs began to overcome the feudal nobility.

Cohn identifies these native leaders as «the feudal aristocracy, which was being «created» in the assemblage.»

Thus, in describing the history of Christianity, Mathews dealt not with the question of the metaphysical truth of various doctrines, but rather with the issue of the function of doctrine through a succession of dominant «social minds,» which he designated as the Semitic monarchical, the Hellenistic monarchical, the imperialistic, the feudal, the national, the bourgeois, and the scientific - democratic.

He must deal with the church, with the powers of a feudal society, and with the disciplines, temptations, and style of life of a monastic order, as he seeks heroically to have that order conform to the spirit of love.

It also sought the establishment of the commercial domination of the Italian republics and the carving out of principalities for the feudal lords of western Europe (as it has been expressively put, it attempted the solution of the problem of the landless younger sons); and the Crusades also provided scope for all who desired to strike a blow for the faith or do penance by enduring the hardships of a holy war.

They may see themselves as custodians of the club as the Liverpool owners described themselves but they are, in effect, feudal landlords except the words they use are more soothing and meant to make them sound better.

Further riffing on the Reddit - as - government analogy, The Verge's T.C. Sottek suggests instead that it is «a failed state,» adding that «Reddit wants to be a techno - libertarian's wet dream, but in practice its a weak feudal system that's actually run by a small group of angry warlords who use «free speech» as a weapon.

It said Mr Zardari's Pakistan People's party «represents a feudal aristocracy» which «stirs up red herrings of democracy, social justice and an end to army tyranny as its rallying cries».

He argues that prebendalism is the most appropriate conceptual notion for explaining Nigeria's politicians intense and persistent struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state and defines prebendalism in terms of «the historical association of the term «prebend» with the offices of certain feudal states which could be obtained through services rendered to a lord or monarch or through outright purchase by supplicants... the adjective «prebendal» will refer to patterns of political behaviour which rest on the justifying principle that such offices should be competed for and then utilised for the personal benefit of office holders as well as their reference or support group.

North Norfolk was described by the Earl of Leicester as «the one constituency in England where, in 1964, it was so feudal that it had to be explained to the electors that the ballot was secret.»

Universities, founded through citizens» resistance to the church and the feudal lords telling the lower classes what to do, continue to exist in the tradition of critically analysing our existence as we know it.

But as a result of the constraints of the shut - the - door isolationism of the feudal social system that was in place for more than 2000 years, the country's expertise and status in this arena has been slipping.

Although we think of it as a national institution, it is virtually a feudal system among those 500 owners.

Chinese: [Discredited at Bite the Wax Tadpole 9] The name Coca - Cola in China was first rendered as Ke - kou - ke - la The Chinese Classics These are key texts of Confucianism, the traditional state religion of feudal China.

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Players need to work as a team to gather resources, build shelter, craft tools and form a fully functioning feudal society in an unforgiving archaic world.

The jumping - off point for Carl Rinsch's 47 Ronin is the 18th - century legend of the 47 samurai who, upon being left leaderless after their feudal lord was forced to commit seppuku as a result of attacking a corrupt Edo official, sacrificed themselves in the name of avenging their leader's honor.

WHAT: In a dystopian future where the collapse of modern civilization has given way to a feudal society, seven rival barons — each with their own army of trained assassins — have divided control of an area known as the Badlands.

Tengami is a papercraft - styled point and click adventure through feudal Japan and many have describes the iOS experience as mesmerizing.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's big, slow, meaty drama feels like a Russian novel and stars Haluk Bilginer as Mr. Aydin, a gentleman hotelier who sees himself as the benevolent feudal lord of a remote, idyllic village whose ancient cave houses attract a steady stream of tourists.

The story takes place in feudal Japan, where Mayor Kobayashi (Nomura) and his cat - adoring people have decided that dogs are bad (as evidenced by dog flu, snout fever, and other symptoms) and a threat to humans, so must be banished to Trash Island (think of the environment in Wall - E); this is despite a noble scientist (Ito) announcing that a cure is imminent.

This brief recap brings us up to date with Nioh as it appears in its current form — A lovingly crafted homage to the precision combat and mechanics of the Soulsborne games, whilst also introducing an RNG loot system inspired by Diablo and Borderlands and transplanting the action from the more European fantasy aesthetic of Miyazaki's aforementioned series to a feudal Japan setting that is more than a little reminiscent of the Onimusha games.

Batman Ninja: The caped crusader takes a journey across the ages as Gorilla Grodd's time displacement machine transports many of Batman's worst enemies to feudal Japan — along with the Dark Knight and a few of his allies.

Extras: «East / West Batman» featurette): Batman meets the anime medium, as this documentary looks into some of the Western tropes and archetypes, meshed into the world of feudal Japan.

As always the game takes play during the Sengoku (Warring States) era in Feudal Japan, a time of constant military conflict which saw the rise and fall of many talented tacticians and ferocious warlords.

But I can see what you're saying about the feudal japan setting (as well as being better than having Marcus Phoenix)

The first thing that you notice about Samurai Warriors 4 is that the series finally feels like a next - gen title, especially with the lush FULL HD graphics as it returns gamers to the Warring States of feudal Japan.

Peter Mullan is (no surprise) intimidating as the girl's father, a feudal mountain patriarch who runs his mountain spread like a duchy outside of police jurisdiction and a feared landowner who uses unspoken threats and unrepentent violence to keep his power and manage his independence.

Clavier in a double role as both the peasant and one of his smug descendants steals the show, while Reno is his usual excellent self as the medieval lord who is sickened that feudal France is no longer.

Today's Nintendo eShop news: Disco Dodgeball Remix announced for the Nintendo Switch, Austin Wintory revealed as the composer for Pode, and latest video clips for Planet Alpha and Feudal Alloy!

To put it another way, while I'm more than sympathetic to Jonathan's desire to read Karen Ordahl Kupperman's book about early America before weighing in on The New World (I speak as one who read four different books about feudal Japan before writing my review of The Last Samurai a few years back), I think it's also essential to keep in mind the fact that most audiences who see the film will come to it with very little, if any, historical background, and that to a certain extent the film even asks to be read ahistorically.

In Proulx's Barkskins, Charles Duquet arrives as an indentured servant to the seigneur, the overseer of a feudal land distribution system.

India has a dynamic political atmosphere with new and emerging issues like the transformation from a traditional and feudal society into a new, technologically advanced society and a good population as members of generation y and z.

The feudal world is sometimes described as being dependent upon a complex system of responsibility and privilege among the different classes.

The federal estate tax has also been named by detractors as a «death tax» which is a purported reason why it was created, to prevent family dynasties from perpetuating as in feudal times.

In addition to being home to the abbey that is its namesake, this feudal town once served as an impenetrable fortification and jail.