Sentences with phrase «feudal rule»

The last era of feudal rule in Japan, the Edo period spanned from 1603 - 1867, and is considered one of the most significant times in Japanese history.

With a view to improving both quality and productivity, we would prioritise a review of the feudal rules that currently govern the recruitment and management of référendaires, i.e. the EU judges» legal secretaries.

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Now we are ruled with impunity by kleptocrats because Christianity made Africa the dumping ground for the feudal and infallible systems that the European Enlightenment and American Revolution discarded.

German kings ruled the Holy Roman Empire, while feudal precursors of modern nations had emerged in France, England, Scotland, Poland, Hungary and Russia.

Your loyalties were either to your immediate locale (village, town, clan), or to your hierarchical ruler (feudal lord, usually, and ultimately whichever prince / Emperor ruled the whole territory of the state).

The Mexican Revolution got its start during the rule of Porfirio Diaz, a dictator who perpetuated a feudal system in the country with just a few wealthy oligarchs owning and operating much of Mexico's assets and the rest toiling away for crumbs.

Japan's feudal era began in the twelfth century when a ruling class of warlords, the shogun, seized power, provoking fierce and ongoing conflict between rival clans.

Beware, though: you'll be subject to the rules of a feudal society, so think beforehand to the consequences of your actions!

Players take the mantle of a Daimyo, a feudal lord of the Sengoku era (15th - 16th century Japan), and fight for the great ideal of uniting the war - ridden country under one rule, thus becoming the first Shogun.

Nobunaga's Ambition takes place in feudal Japan when Nobunaga Oda was trying to bring the entire country under his rule.

A woman who rules over subjects, a queen; a woman to whom obedience or feudal homage is due.

In the time of Japan's last feudal military government, ruled by the Tokugawa clan from 1603 to 1867, the government licensed «pleasure quarters,» where courtesans practiced prostitution and geishas entertained men by serving tea and food, dancing, performing music or chatting amiably.