Sentences with phrase «feudal times»

Riots, strikes, and protests in feudal times did not succeed, because lacking a material force means being political impotent.

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.

Life in feudal times was bleak and infrequently allowed for fortunes to be reversed.

The more you let the government take care of, the more you rewind the cause of liberty and self - reliance to the feudal times when people relied for their very food on the Lord of the castle in their town.

Feudal times witnessed sharp cleavages in society, with slaves and serfs and sweating toilers of lands.

I picked FEUDAL LAND for my latest teen end times series book, not only because it is the acronym - Forced Economic United Domestic AL liances for the new government in my book (when ours falls apart), but because when I typed * Feudal * in search results all I got were obscure Japanese feudal time period books.

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The feudal system was declining and it was a time of much fighting in western Europe.

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

Where historians ever since 1789 have sought the causes of the French Revolution in the philosophy of the Enlightenment or in the rise of the bourgeoisie against feudal - aristocratic society and monarchy, Van Kley believes the time is right for a renewed look at the more remote but more profound influence of the struggle between rival Christian notions of the good society.

I'm not an expert and my PhD is in AI, but I am pretty sure nowadays we have much more time for our kids then our grandparents and great grandparents did (just take into account multi-child families, feudal obligations...).

«Nowadays,» she continued, «people have much more freedom in their personal lives and professional choices than they did when they were sold to an apprenticeship in the old days, and yet, at the same time, they're buying into this almost feudal system in which once you dedicate a certain number of years, you are bound by the amount of time you've spent.

To put the unfolding scenario in proper historical perspective, the British had first invaded the Emerald Isle back in the 12th Century, establishing at that time a feudal system which ensured that avaricious noblemen could enrich themselves at the expense of the local populace.

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.

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.

Batman Ninja is directed by Junpei Mizusaki with character design by Takashi Okazaki, and is about Batman defending a town in feudal Japan after being transported there by Gorilla Grodd's time displacement machine.

Tsugumo (Ebizo Ichikawa) this time around is clearly the avenging angel from the beginning — there is an expectation attached to this filmmaker and enough of a familiarity with the original (one presupposes) that the only point of a remake would be to not attack the hypocrisy of the feudal structure, but to challenge those expectations.

When this conflict reaches its climax Batman and the rest of the prison are sucked into Grodd's time machine and sent back to feudal Japan.

A remake of a black - and - white 1963 picture of the same name, «13 Assassins» is a heartfelt homage to the form at a time when Japanese feudal period films are an increasing rarity.

Animation's upcoming Batman Ninja film, the Dark Knight, his allies, and his Rogues Gallery all find themselves suddenly transported back in time from modern - day Gotham to feudal Japan.

In ancient times, the samurai of feudal Japan understood the need for adopting the proper mindset.

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.

It is by far the largest Dzong in the country and was in olden times the seat of the dominant power in feudal Bhutan.

Description: Take control of a ninja, master of the Five Ninja Fighting Arts of assassination passed down since the chaotic times of feudal Japan, and enter «Jungle,» a terrifying American city, to crush waves of foes who are part of an assassination syndicate.

Feudal Japan is my personal top choice as fans have been asking for that time period for many years now.

Feudal Wars is an easily accessible 1v1 browser based medieval real time strategy game that sees you amassing an army and conquering castles.

There are multiple scenarios available, and each takes place during a different time period within the feudal era.

As the previous games, Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi takes us to the feudal Japan of Sengoku era and lets us take part in the major battles of those turbulent times.

[3] A Tale of Two Cities (1981) was inspired by the artist's fascination with war toys, bullets, model buildings, antique soldiers, and a fantasy about the twenty - fifth century — a time when he imagines the world will have returned to a system of feudal states.

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.

Interactive World: Travel back in time to 14th Century feudal France to rescue your professor, and experience first - hand a perilous interactive world of knights, jousts, and castles.

The Framers of our Constitution lived at a time when the Old World still tolerated in the shadow of ancient feudal traditions.