| 单词 | feudal |
| 例句 | Perhaps they had filaments of memory of feudal Europe where great families became and remained great because they owned things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sensei talked about the samurai and the feudal period in Japan, but she didn’t use the word “samurai.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The church attempted to patch the holes in the old way of thought, but Aristotle, the geocentric world, and the feudal way of life were all mortally wounded. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The feudal convention of battle was broken for good, on the Continent as well as in England. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They simply exchanged the life of a feudal peasant in Mexico for the life of a feudal peasant in California. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I can’t understand what the revolt was about Everybody knows that the King of England is their feudal overlord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The feudal idea of war for ransom had been squashed in Britain, but not abroad, and now the foreign ransom-hunters were after the newly settled King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But if he did so, one of his attendants would immediately mount him again on his own horse—just as we would do to a master- of-hounds today—because that was the feudal law. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Look at the sporting etiquette, according to which Henry had to withdraw from a siege as soon as his enemy Louis joined the defenders inside the town, because Louis was his feudal overlord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In feudal times an ineptness with sword and spear headed a young man for the church: in the Hamilton family Joe’s inability properly to function at farm and forge headed him for a higher education. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z West Virginia miners lived in nearly feudal conditions—their homes, schools, churches, stores, and even their politicians owned by the mine bosses. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z There is also mention of a king and a princess, referring to a time when India was comprised of many feudal states ruled by kings. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Daniel Burnham was obsessed by the feudal idea of power. Louis Sullivan was equally obsessed by the beneficent idea of Democratic power.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Up in my room I started my homework on the feudal system for Mrs. Coscombe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But China and Japan never developed that kind of oppressive feudal system, because feudalism simply can’t work in a rice economy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It was the imperial dream of a feudal age that made men enslave others. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The antiunion coalfields of West Virginia came close to the feudal systems of the Middle Ages, where the lower classes worked for landowners and remained indebted to them for life. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Pedro Tercero remembered him as an angry giant with a snakeskin whip and a silver cane, at whose step the tenants trembled and whose thunderous voice and feudal arrogance made all of nature quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As Shin and Park did their rounds in the garment factory, Park explained that Hwang had criticized Kim Jong U for turning North Korea into a corrupt feudal state. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z That’s the kind of fatalism and pessimism typical of a repressive feudal system, where peasants have no reason to believe in the efficacy of their own work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Had they come, as representatives of the feudal overlord—the Landlord—ao as to make an assessment for the next scutage? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fellini-esque quartet spoke in an arcane language and made references to people with feudal titles who lived centuries ago. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Second, Jefferson suggested that Adams’s description of aristocratic power was appropriate for Europe, where feudal privileges, family titles, and more limited economic opportunities created conditions that sustained class distinctions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We learn that things were one way, something happened, and then things were another way: On Monday peasants toiled in the mud for feudal kings. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z These first owners lived in poor feudal settlements, and their cattle ranged freely and multiplied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After nearly a century of territorial wars and bruising feudal chaos, consolidations were in process and centers of gravity shifting. Art Review: A Cascade of Petals From the Met’s Japanese Collection 2014-01-30T23:17:46Z “Apex ideals had been based on the myth of ‘old families’ ruling New York from a throne of Revolutionary tradition, with the new millionaires paying them feudal allegiance.” Events Like a Drawing Center Benefit and the Winter Antiques Show Gala Cater to the Rich and Famous 2014-01-29T23:20:15Z When in the 19th century she appeared to her followers at Pontmain, France, and at Knock, Ireland, she was wearing, Warner says, “the long dress, sash, veil and crown of the 13th-century feudal lady.” T Magazine: Immaculate Perception 2010-12-05T23:00:00Z What emerges is a subtle portrait of a society in the throes of rapid social transformation, still haunted by the cruelties of its feudal past. A. O. Scott’s 25 Best Films of 2012 2012-12-15T00:37:44Z History gets a nod, with the tale of a feudal era Japanese girl forced to stay in a secluded hut because of the belief that menstruating females are unclean. 'Little Miss Period' tackles Japan's menstruation taboos with a punch 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z On the book’s first page, he read a line, about a man sitting like a “feudal lord,” that stood out. Bob Dylan, Fanboy 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The sword belonging to his slain master is in the wrongful possession of a feudal lord, and Akayo wants it back. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z As Marx very nearly said, “The water mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam mill, society with the industrial capitalist.” Ian Bostridge on Schubert’s Hidden Depths 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Then there's "Silence," a decades-in-the-making religious drama from Martin Scorsese that follows a pair of priests as they search for their mentor in feudal Japan. Box Office: 'Hidden Figures' Dominates MLK Weekend as 'Live by Night,' 'Monster Trucks,' 'Silence' Collapse 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z One is that we police other people, women into fulfilling these feudal obligations. From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z After India’s independence and the abolition in the 1970s of the last vestiges of the princely feudal system, Bikaner House was vacated by its noble tenants and put to civic use. An Airy Store in a New Delhi Palace 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “It’s going to revert more and more to its own true self, harsh as that might seem — a sealed-off, angry, paranoid and resentful feudal realm.” Citing Ukraine War, an American Resigns From Russia’s Mariinsky 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Part abused victim, part avenging riot grrrl, Jeanne takes up witchcraft, ultimately becoming so powerful that the feudal lord who first violated her tries to enlist her as his ally. Two ’70s Movies on Video Enter the Valley of the Cult Heroines 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Does every American school child still learn about its ramifications: the way this document — a treaty, really — between a feudal king and his rebellious barons introduced a form of constitutional law into English tradition? Last Chance: Magna Carta at the Morgan Library: Its Birth Was a Royal Pain 2010-05-21T22:51:00Z Italy may be a republic in name, Mr. Di Leo suggests, but the country still functions as a feudal society. Video : The Rules of the Game in a Feudal World 2011-03-11T05:44:05Z The feudal nobility knew how to fight back. I depict a riot 2011-08-09T13:28:10Z The plays of Shakespeare, understood as the works of an aristocrat, offered Looney a guide for a wished-for restoration of a repressive feudal regime, in which everyone knew his or her place. An Unexpected Letter from John Paul Stevens, Shakespeare Skeptic 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z While the feudal social order was authoritarian and often harshly oppressive, it also allowed for a constant process of negotiating the liberties and immunities of different classes. Don't Root for the Game of Thrones White Walkers Just Yet 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Unlike Red Detachment, the new ballet was a heritage project rather than a revolutionary one, mythologising the past rather than the future: its setting is feudal China, its heroine an imperial concubine. Step-by-step guide to dance: National Ballet of China 2011-08-11T16:28:27Z The Communist census-takers who came to her remote fishing village were appalled by this relic of a feudal past, with her bound feet and bent body. Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “Thank God the feudal system remains firmly in place in the United States of America in the ’90s,” Mr. Sellars said when the production was broadcast on television a few years later. Music Review: Call It ‘The Green Card of Figaro,’ With Thanks to Mozart 2013-06-16T21:49:33Z The anthropologist Taylor Genovese warns that corporate colonies on Mars would be a means of creating a feudal system, with a work force trapped on another planet. ‘Last Exit: Space’ Review: Not-So-Final Frontiers 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Tipping originated in feudal Europe, and while it gradually became less popular there, it’s only become more critical for service workers in the United States, whose wages still depend on the whims of diners. What Is Hospitality? The Current Answer Doesn’t Work. 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z As one of the country’s largest landowners, the family was denounced by pro-modernization voices, and later, the Communists, as remnants of the feudal order. For Confucius and His Descendants, a Cultural Comeback 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Unburdened by territorial ambition or by the feudal and monastic oppressions of inland towns, these people looked outward. Making waves 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The feudal set-up of the Berry family's newspapers had its advantages; as he put it himself, go down in one ship and you were hauled aboard another. Robert Robinson obituary 2011-08-13T12:28:49Z The new Targaryen dynasty fits neatly on top of the exiting feudal order -- think Plantagenets, except with dragons. The essential guide to "Game of Thrones" 2011-04-09T21:01:00Z The town has been compared to a Potemkin village, to Brigadoon, to a “feudal Disneyland” and to the town in the movie “The Truman Show.” In the Footsteps of Charles III 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Medieval Japan, with its strict moral codes, threats of sudden violence and highly structured feudal loyalties, is rich ground for mystery fiction. Crime fiction: zillionaire's story, serial mystery and more 2011-09-07T20:46:05Z A week before, we had left home expecting to witness a feudal struggle of serfs against kings. Road trip to Powder Keg City: The collapse of Seattle's autonomous zone 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z “I remember that I read the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.” Measuring America’s Shakespearean Devotion 2014-03-19T20:47:10Z So to the feudal estate of Milton Cross, down the road, where a confusing array of villagers are embroiled in their own tale of skulduggery and deadly intent. Live UEFA Europa League Football: The Final 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z She found all that and more in the battling Bassetts, a feudal family of factory owners who controlled a string of these companies and the bank, hospital, school, clinic and housing their workers used. In Beth Macy’s ‘Factory Man,’ a Struggle to Stay Competitive 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z And its harsh criticisms of Britain's "feudal" monarchy are sure to cause further furor. Cannes: Diana film slams UK royals as 'gangsters' 2011-05-13T13:21:04Z The result was multiple strands of governing hierarchies rooted in the feudal system, each level able to make its own decisions while being subservient to those higher up. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z "Thrones" introduces most of the feudal families in its opening episodes and sketches their key members in brisk strokes. "Game of Thrones": HBO's dense, demanding epic 2011-04-14T14:30:00Z Will you become a feudal Japanese general as you do the school run behind the wheel of a Shogun? In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z “Black Souls” is an ominous, well-acted portrait of an ingrown feudal society of violence, retaliation and deadly machismo. Review: ‘Black Souls’ Depicts Crime Families Bound by Blood in Bad Ways 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z A drama set in a dynastic feudal fantasy kingdom is obviously going to be about families, those being the organizing political structure of the society. Game of Thrones Watch: Blood Is Thicker 2013-06-10T04:04:31Z To counteract this one-way, feudal system of financial gains, he suggests that we become more ferocious agents of our own informational resources. Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier – review 2013-02-27T07:59:01Z On the other hand, the biggest German state, Prussia, used a voting system which more resembled a feudal state than a leading industrial nation. First world war: next year, let's remember a world, rather than a British, conflict 2013-07-23T04:00:00Z By its maturity the empire had evolved into a “mixed monarchy” that was neither feudal nor democratic, federal nor unitary. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z This is a hinterland – no buses, empty homes, polarised between rich and poor, feudal communities. Sun, sand and inequality: why the British seaside towns are losing out 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z In the exuberant “Tom O’Bedlam’s Night Out,” poor Tom escapes from a medieval insane asylum, joins the King of the Fairies in his midnight revels and defeats Satan’s Nazgul-like champion in feudal combat. Review | What to read in April: A critic’s pick of books that aren’t on the bestseller list 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z What inspired his cheerful contempt for the feudal barons who tussle over the Iron Throne while their serfs starve in the muck? Splinter is coming! The Game of Thrones spin-offs the world deserves 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z His faith in the possibility of societal harmony was deeply attractive to a people battered by feudal warfare. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z Zombies stalk the living on “The Walking Dead,” aliens rule the planet on “Falling Skies” and, most recently, a global blackout spins society back to feudal times on “Revolution.” Television Review: Andre Braugher Commands a Renegade Vessel in ‘Last Resort’ 2012-09-26T22:06:40Z A gardener later described how his wartime landowning employers believed it was their patriotic duty to prevent "that dreadful man" in Germany from changing their feudal slice of England. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z For "Bridgerton"'s Simon as well, the continuity of a racially united feudal stronghold is embodied by the Duke's oedipally suspended heart. From Biden to "Bridgerton," how our stuttering heroes bring a restoration of democracy 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Herbert is able to create complete histories, politics, religions, and ecological systems of this feudal interstellar society. 35 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It's set in a mythical, quasi-European alternate universe of squabbling feudal kingdoms. "Game of Thrones": HBO's dense, demanding epic 2011-04-14T14:30:00Z That doesn’t make me fall in love with the feudal system. Noam Chomsky on Donald Trump: 'Almost a death knell for the human species' 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Brown uses testimony from an official inquiry and her own interviews with survivors to recreate the sealers’ apocalyptic suffering, and calls out a feudal version of capitalism that makes Charles Dickens’s London seem quaint. Read Your Way Through Newfoundland 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The council, a comparatively democratic body during these feudal times, is intended to put such questions of succession to rest. ‘House of the Dragon’ Is Coming. Here’s What You Need to Know. 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “Ach! The Brits are so feudal. They don’t listen to a civil servant like Jeremy Corbyn, but they will listen to a windbag Tory like Johnson. And my country has suffered for it,” he says. Succession’s Brian Cox: ‘I was touched up by Princess Margaret’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Her brief moment of questioning threatens the ideological foundations of the entire feudal order, something the show did not take up in more depth. Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z The year is 1582, but Thomas mashes up classic images of feudal Japan with anime robots, shamans, demons and mutants because he can. Netflix's stunning "Yasuke" spins a fantastical Black samurai story, but needs more space to swing 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z The feudal fear of peasant revolt was transplanted to mechanical servants, and worries of a robot uprising have lingered ever since. Why Do We Hurt Robots? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z My sense of our major character vampires, however, is that they are more like those old feudal wealthy Southern families who have been the real power in the South since the Industrial Age. "True Blood" finale: The big showdown 2010-09-13T12:30:00Z Quick recap of “Beowulf”: A monster named Grendel is slaughtering the denizens of Heorot, a Danish feudal stronghold, on a nightly basis. ‘Beowulf’ Gets a 21st-Century Update 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Two centuries before that Louis XIV, king of France, tried to outlaw it as a feudal archaism. Men at arms 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z "Rob Roy" - The leader of a Scottish clan battles with feudal landowners in the 18th century. Similar movies, same time: A look at how they did 2011-08-15T14:41:08Z The second is the soldier caste, originating in the warrior aristocracy of the feudal middle ages and emphasising heroism, aggression and discipline. Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power by David Priestland – review 2012-08-23T09:40:01Z Chyna can have a piece, as long as she pays her taxes to her feudal lord. Rob & Chyna: the saddest show on TV 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The town is governed by some rules that seem to come straight from feudal times. The Town That Charles Built 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Any resemblance to actual feudal hierarchies, living or dead, is entirely accidental. Charlize Theron and other evil queens 2012-06-08T17:37:52Z But the story does more to explain the mindset of Iranians, who in a generation found themselves dragged from a nearly feudal, rural lifestyle into the modern era of cityscapes. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Yet the heroes of this universe show time and time again that they are incapable of fully imagining an alternative world to their feudal order. Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Capitalism had only recently overturned the old feudal order of the agricultural age and replaced it with a distinctive class structure of its own, defined by two principle classes. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z They shared their wondrous creations and played the rest of us for suckers, collecting our admiration, our attention and our data as profit and feudal tribute. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z And the feudal system was succinctly illustrated in a parody of the classic Cleese/Corbett/Barker sketch from The Frost Report, a routine even older than most of the parents here. Prom 20: Horrible Histories ? review 2011-07-31T17:06:00Z If they have a further data point, it might involve his eccentric pet projects, such as building a model feudal village, called Poundbury, on his inherited estate. Can “The Crown” Make Us Crush on Prince Charles? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s a wild idea: essentially a samurai film relocated to feudal Rajasthan. Film-maker Asif Kapadia: ‘Maradona is the third part of a trilogy about child geniuses and fame’ 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Sicily reflects the culture of Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Normans, and Saracens as well as that of mediaeval and feudal Christianity. From the archive, 5 July 1943: Editorial: The risk of bombing cultural treasures 2012-07-05T06:30:00Z The trail follows easements through ancient family farmsteads and bisects a shady wood, a remnant of the Gascon forests that served as hunting grounds for local feudal estates. Is Gascony the Most Delicious Corner of France? 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The class stratification and brute injustice of feudal society screams out of nearly every page. The essential guide to "Game of Thrones" 2011-04-09T21:01:00Z You might begin by making an analogy to feudal landlords and their serfs. ‘Uncanny Valley’ Charts a Tech Pilgrim’s Progress 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z While Guzmán nurtured his terrain and loyalty like a feudal lord beloved by his people, Los Zetas rule by brute, brazen terror. Mexico: How arrest of the last don heralds ruthless new drugs era 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Tens of millions left the countryside for the cities, as feudal farmers transformed into urban Soviet workers. Even one of Trump’s favorite foods has a hidden Russia connection 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, Mitchell published a lush historical romance set in feudal Japan called “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.” Review | In David Mitchell’s splendid ‘Utopia Avenue,’ a ’60s rock band finds its groove 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Her descriptions of the rituals, fixtures and worldview of feudal Japan never seem like mere wallpaper, but rather are elements crucial to the crimes that bedevil her characters. Book review: ‘The Iris Fan,’ a thriller by Laura Joh Rowland 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z In a letter of protest to the pope, he painted a blunt picture of the Curia: “The realm is fragmented into many small feudal states, with everyone fighting against everyone else.” Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z But there is also something embarrassingly feudal about the denouement, like a king dispensing small favors on his way back to the throne. 2010-02-06T07:37:00Z Anybody who thinks that we're going to return to some sort of more tribal, feudal version of building marriages is operating from a very strange compass indeed. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z “Maqbool,” an adaptation of “Macbeth,” was set in the Mumbai underworld; “Omkara” transported “Othello” to the feudal badlands of northern India. ‘Haider’ Angers Hindu Nationalists but Excites Film Critics 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Six years after Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai,” John Sturges produced and directed this remake, relocating Kurosawa’s epic from feudal Japan to the American West. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The whole square was shaped into the symbol of the fuero, a feudal system of government that prevailed across the Basque country. Basque Giant, Finally Embraced 2010-09-15T12:40:00Z But the effect in the end was sort of feudal and heavy-handed: Dior and its dependents. Angels and Artisans 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Will you become a feudal Japanese general as you do the school run behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Shogun? In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z She interviews parliamentarians who for the most part are feudal landowners with an interest in perpetuating the status quo rather developing a real democracy. Books of The Times: Conflicts and Contradictions of Pakistan 2011-08-08T12:00:00Z Loxford festers under the feudal control of Lady Billows, an aristocrat with a Thatcherite flair for ensuring the village seniors bow to her rampant conservatism. Britten's comic hero Albert Herring: the only virgin in the village 2013-05-08T17:59:01Z She did these beautiful manga-style illustrations inspired from Hans Christian Anderson's "The Tinderbox," and it was evocative of this post-apocalyptic feudal, Kurosawa kind of world of kings and queens and princesses. Lou Diamond Phillips: "My entire career has been fighting against those labels" 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z This was in the midst of the 1970s, a period that Kael’s sharpest protégé, James Wolcott, now calls “the feudal age of film criticism.” Books of The Times: ?Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark? and ?Lucking Out? - Review 2011-10-26T22:07:52Z No, it's just that I tend to celebrate Christmas with eating, responsible drinking and, erm, moaning about the Queen's speech as an embarrassing vestige of our feudal past. Season's readings: Babar and Father Christmas by Jean de Brunhoff 2010-12-03T11:22:00Z After eating, soaking, and wandering aimlessly, I reached Ritsurin Garden, an expansive space established by a feudal lord in the 17th century. On an Art Scavenger Hunt in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Christianity was founded on oaths and covenants – as was the whole dispensation of feudal society. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z Now Utopia has receded to the 14th century, with its plots and plagues and feudal iniquities. Dante in Love by AN Wilson ? review 2011-07-15T08:00:01Z The recorded history of Iceland spans more than a millennium, but its transition from an agricultural feudal state to modern society was compressed into just seven decades. Everything Is Bigger at Open-Air Museums 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Though I sometimes found myself lost in the timeline that sprawls from feudal England to modern America, I thought Stoll told a complicated, multicentury story well. What the People of Appalachia Want 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s a book that got overshadowed upon publication and still warrants more recognition for its groundbreaking view into life as it was in the feudal South. Isabel Wilkerson Loves Books. That Doesn’t Mean She Treats Them Gently. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Scorsese’s “Silence,” a historical drama about faith in feudal Japan, will open in time to qualify for the Academy Awards. Scorsese's 'Silence' to get Oscar-qualifying release Dec. 23 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The first hour is a wintry talkathon, while the second — set a year later and concerning plans for a climactic castle siege — plays like the dreariest feudal heist movie until the swordplay starts. 'Last Knights' a pale 'Game of Thrones' wannabe 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Like Mrs. Astor, she embraced the responsibilities of her wealth and position in a manner that was almost feudal. The Gimlet Eye: A Socialite Who Helped AIDS Patients 2010-08-04T21:17:00Z Women shaped the courtly love ideal—and they could because they had real power in the feudal realm, not only as patrons of the arts, but as political players and economic actors. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z In courtship, Henry is the feudal knight, pledging himself to be Anne’s servant and writing letters that praise her hot body. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z If so, Rowland’s many fans — as well as the beleaguered citizens of feudal Japan — will be most grateful. Book review: ‘The Iris Fan,’ a thriller by Laura Joh Rowland 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Instead of racism in America, the characters grapple with dog and cat issues in feudal Japan. Five Children’s Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Coming to America’s Africa is a place of feudal hierarchy, pre-feminist sexual politics and arranged marriage. Black Panther: does the Marvel epic solve Hollywood's Africa problem? 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z But this 162-minute transposition of “King Lear” to feudal Japan is the only one of those films in color. Movie Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Oshima uses the formula of kabuki theatre and taps the rich erotic literary history of feudal Japan. Nagisa Oshima 2013-01-15T12:43:54Z Equally incompetent and greedy, the administrators appointed by President William McKinley cut deals with plantation owners that, as Vera describes it, “reestablished Puerto Rico’s centuries-old feudal society.” Review | ‘The Taste of Sugar’ offers a thrilling look at Puerto Rico’s history through the tale of one couple’s struggle to survive 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Moonshining is still regarded, especially by the older folk, as a feudal right. The celebrity war hero of 1919: The search for Sergeant York and his famous WWI diary 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “I remember that I read the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin,” he wrote. American Playwrights Try to Reinvent the History Play 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The most intriguing feature is the movie's nation-blind casting, imagining a feudal world with faces and accents from South Korea, Norway, Japan and Iran. 'Last Knights' a pale 'Game of Thrones' wannabe 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z She had written but not yet published a young-adult novel, “A Girl Named Summer,” when she entered the historical romance genre in 1985 with “Gentle Warrior,” a story set in feudal England. Julie Garwood, Best-Selling Romance Novelist, Dies at 78 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z A door in the burning railroad car opens into a fiery castle in a feudal period film: Chiyoko plays a princess determined to join her lord in death. For the Most Complex Heroines in Animation, Look to Japan 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z His sparkle exudes hipness: He embraces the New World’s egalitarian ethos while his enemies defend the feudal past. Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z In China's case, this means a unique form of state capitalism that still retains many of the authoritarian practices common to both the feudal and communist stages of its history. Why Bob Dylan didn't make a fuss in China 2011-04-09T23:37:00Z She points out its dangerous proximity should he seek her out during her husband's absence; his offer of a dowry is in exchange for his ancient feudal rights. Glyndebourne 2012 - Marriage of Figaro synopsis, cast and creatives 2012-08-14T11:26:10Z I believe some kind of republic will emerge and that a bourgeois revolution will sweep away the crumbling feudal order, led by Littlefinger himself. 'Bow down to King Tyrion': your Game of Thrones ending predictions 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z A reformer who replaced a hodgepodge of feudal laws with a single code, stressing civil liberties and equality, that became a model for other nations? French leader Napoleon Bonaparte has a complicated legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The government will amend the system, described by the housing minister as "feudal", which forces the owners of some properties to pay rent to a freeholder. The laws British PM Sunak wants to pass before the next election 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Fearing a repeat of the bloodshed in 1915, they were escorted out by French troops to settle in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, on land bought from an Ottoman feudal lord. Armenians who fled Turkish rule decades ago despair over Nagorno-Karabakh. 'This appears to be our fate' 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Was he a connoisseur of temple art from feudal Japan? LAPD investigating midnight heist of $1.5-million Buddha statue 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z The French Revolution began at the end of the 18th century when extreme popular discontent with feudal institutions erupted into revolution, Rouanet said. What the French Revolution can teach us about inflation 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Ninjas, the famous feudal Japanese undercover warriors, were known for “bunshin-jutsu” techniques of creating the illusion of a double or a helper in battle to confuse the opponent. Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Buhurt developed in the 13th century as a way for knights in feudal Europe to hone their combat skills while putting on a public spectacle. Extreme medieval: This full-contact sport is a human demolition derby with armor and swords 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z In Bihar, India’s youngest, poorest and fastest-growing state, with more than 120 million people, a feudal social structure and low rate of urbanization pose old chicken-or-egg riddles that ask what keeps a poor place poor. Want One of India’s Best Jobs? You and 1,800 Other Applicants. 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The largely rural population is scattered over the mountainous landscape, crippled by an entrenched feudal system, under-development and neglect by the local and central government. After devastating floods in Pakistan, some have recovered but many are struggling a year later 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In the Medieval period, Europe had a feudal system in which kings granted land to nobles, landlords and knights in exchange for military assistance in wartime. How Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts throughout History 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Hahn upheld Proposition 13’s legality and established its feudal — and unfair — nature. Opinion: A Supreme Court ruling is a warning for Prop. 13 — tax law should be fair 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The “Germans” were a hugely diverse group of tribes practicing feudal law, the system of law in which offenses were met with clan-based violent retribution or blood payments. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z China says its intervention ended a "backward feudal serfdom", and denied wrongdoing. China's Xi calls for 'new socialist Tibet' - Xinhua 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z From ancient pharaohs to feudal kings and their nobles, classes of the rich and powerful had always abused and exploited classes of the poor and weak. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Previously, in many feudal estates, a widow had rights to parts of her husband's holdings, as well as the right to glean crops from other fields. How Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts throughout History 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The economic structure of capitalist society has grown out of the economic structure of feudal society. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They could also rely on the protection of their property and relief from feudal dues or taxes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “How could a rite which had relevance to feudal England have any validity in the modern era?” the historian Roy Strong wrote in his book, “Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy.” Charles Is Crowned King in Ancient Ceremony With Modern Twists 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Likewise, the very fact that conservative monarchies accepted the need for written constitutions, and the final end of the old feudal obligations of peasants in areas where those still existed, were marked steps toward liberalism. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z These dates, along with the solstices and equinoxes, were traditional times when serfs paid their rent to their feudal masters, usually in the form of livestock or grain. May begins with a special day and hosts the Flower Moon 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The incident ended with the Chinese taking over Tibet's government and dissolving what they say was a feudal system. China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Many social and political structures of the fourteenth century, such as the Mongols’ dominance and the economic and land-ownership conventions that made up the feudal system, ultimately ceased to exist. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He also urged Malaysia to scrap whipping, which he called “feudal anachronism.” Rights groups welcome Malaysia’s move on death penalty 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The south was an essentially feudal kingdom, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, dominated by lesser branches of first the Habsburg and then the Bourbon royal lines. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z China says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom" and denied wrongdoing. China denounces U.S. Congress for hosting Tibet's leader-in-exile 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Though Tibet's government-in-exile has disputed the term "feudal", most scholars agree that Tibet's society saw people working on estates owned by nobles, monasteries or the state, and paid taxes to them. China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Peasants left the feudal estates on which their families had lived for generations, as landlords elsewhere offered more generous terms of labor to attract workers who could replace the dead. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z China denies wrongdoing there and says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom." Exiled leader tells US Congress Tibet faces 'slow death' under China 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The so-called “feudal” system of law was one based on codes of honor and reciprocity. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z His operation of his businesses and his relationships to his family and his tenants are resolutely feudal; his whim is law. Review | Jeannette Walls draws on family lore in a novel that brims with drama 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The area used to send its flounder in tribute to feudal lords. Fukushima water release stokes fresh fears for fisherman 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Thus, the new type of warfare chipped away at the traditional feudal prerogatives and prestige of social elites. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Shamshur sports several badges on his camouflage uniform, including one, "Drone Hunters", in English, and another in Ukrainian reading "Ronin" - a feudal Japanese warrior - that he has adopted as his nom-de-guerre. Hairdresser by day, drone hunter by night helps defend skies over Ukraine 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Likewise, one of the legacies of feudal law was the importance placed on honor and retribution; any insult or slight could initiate reprisals or even plunge a whole kingdom into civil war. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Violence ensued, and Mr. Khan quickly admitted defeat, moving Hyderabad’s largely poor, agrarian populace from feudal domination into a modern democracy. Mukarram Jah, Heir to an Opulent Throne He Abandoned, Dies at 89 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z My Sora friends were living at the tail end of a feudal regime that placed them in unremitting poverty and humiliation. This Spiritual Tradition Could Be the Most Poetic Bereavement Therapy Ever Documented 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Most people saw their parish priest much more often than their feudal lord. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Japan appears modern on the surface, but values about family and women are rooted in feudal practices. Husband of ex-Japanese princess passes New York bar exam 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The feudal system flourished in the High Middle Ages. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The book, about a rebellious teen girl living in the English feudal system of 1290, has been beloved by readers for nearly three decades. Why 'Catherine Called Birdy' changes the book's ending 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z He has accused the president of "sucking the blood out of Russia" through a "feudal state" concentrating power in the Kremlin. Alexei Navalny: Russia's jailed vociferous Putin critic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z However, the need to placate their feudal lords ensured that kings gave away lands and privileges, often weakening them and driving them to look for ways to maximize their resources. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Anachronistic songs might soundtrack these events, but the trials, tribulations and creative curses that Birdy dreams up are all feudal England. ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ review: Lena Dunham’s adaptation an instant teen classic 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Above all, the feudal system would have a long legacy in forming the basis of later political structures, and the Latin Church would be the essential European intellectual and spiritual institution for centuries to come. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Prem Sikka, a British academic who now sits in the House of Lords, has called the family’s opaque business dealings “the remnant of a bygone feudal age.” Who inherits the queen’s money? The secretive rules of royal wealth. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Malloy said he is personally "uncomfortable" with the constitutional monarchy and "its feudal, colonial, and wildly elitist underpinnings," adding, however, that "it does basically work" and so changing it is "a low political priority". More Canadians see monarchy as 'outdated' but political risks block change 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Monarchs began to appropriate feudal lands for the construction of plague hospitals. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In a press release, EA and Koei Tecmo describe this new game as an original IP that “delivers a truly AAA experience based in fantasy feudal Japan.” EA and Koei Tecmo are partnering on ‘the next great hunting game’ 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z In 1524, an enormous peasant uprising occurred across Germany, inspired by this interpretation of Lutheranism and demanding a reduction in feudal dues and duties, the end of serfdom, and greater justice from feudal lords. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an outdated and corrupt feudal relic, and abolishing it would make Britain a more democratic society, The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee has argued. Britain’s Mourning Rituals 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Land ownership remains an extremely feudal system in Pakistan, made up largely of vast estates cultivated by farmers who work as forced labor, primarily in the form of debt bondage. ‘Very Dire:’ Devastated by Floods, Pakistan Faces Looming Food Crisis 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The crusaders organized their government in feudal terms, but the native populations never became serfs owing service to their lords. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When has any party ever been looked upon favorably by history if it supports book-burning, revoking civil rights, promoting state-sponsored religion or an economic system that makes feudal lords look like socialists? America has a chance to retreat from madness: Will the midterms save us — or doom democracy? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Inspired by Enlightenment ideas, he freed the serfs on royal lands and banned the more onerous feudal duties owed by serfs owned by his nobles. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Mao identified the transformation of China from a feudal monarchy to a representative democratic system to a Marxist democracy as a series of cultural revolutions. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Much like feudal lords in Europe at the time, the ruling class lived off the labor of the peasants, collecting vast wealth that accompanied them as they went, mummified, into the next life. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z To consolidate political control and reverse the fragmentation of the Zhou era, officials appointed by the emperor were dispatched to govern on his behalf, which cast aside the older feudal system of governance. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Dream’s seriousness, his feudal formality and his inability to make or even get a joke, practically demand that the story be leavened with humor. Netflix's lively, unusual adaptation makes the most of Neil Gaiman's ‘The Sandman’ 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Mazzini was the quintessential romantic nationalist, someone who believed that nations would organically emerge to replace the tyranny of the old feudal order of conservative monarchs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This period was characterized by the rise of a sophisticated feudal system and relative stability in Chinese politics. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Europe’s feudal society was a mutually supportive system. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Imperial power exercised in the form of direct rule and harsh laws inspired revolts by generals and great families calling for a restoration of the aristocratic feudal society of the Zhou. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Court of Chancery, established in 1792, traces its roots to the High Court of Chancery of Great Britain, which in turn evolved from an earlier institution in feudal England known as the King’s Chapel. EXPLAINER: Twitter, Musk and the Delaware Chancery Court 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In 1868, a new government, remembered as the Meiji Restoration, embarked on a course of rapid westernization after dismantling the old feudal privileges of the samurai class. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Readers are dropped on the first page into the slaughter of feudal villagers by rapacious bandits. Review | In Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Lapvona,’ alienation turns to violence 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Everyone in Europe’s feudal society had a job to do and worked hard. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Under the European feudal system, kings had no regard for democracy, human rights or the rule of law. "King Trump" dreams of a glorious return: It seems preposterous, but we laugh at our peril 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z ‘Kagemusha’ A condemned criminal in feudal Japan is dragooned into posing as an ailing clan leader whom he somewhat resembles in Akira Kurosawa’s epic 1980 historical drama. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Bowfinger,’ ‘Fight Club,’ ‘Kagemusha,’ Laurel & Hardy and more 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z In feudal society, a king parceled out lands to his leading noblemen, or vassals, and they subdivided it among vassals of their own in a descending series of ranks that followed the allotment of land. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z To defend their territories, feudal lords raised private armies of knights. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The feudal system was born in response to that chaos and disorder. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, Ukrainian identity politics and nationalism have been irritants in Russia since the feudal czarist times that predated the Russian Revolution. Putin Calls Ukrainian Statehood a Fiction. History Suggests Otherwise. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z But are women really thriving in UP, one of India's poorest states which remains largely patriarchal and feudal? UP election: Are women really thriving in Uttar Pradesh as PM Modi claims? 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z In the mid-fourteenth century, Europe suffered a devastating epidemic of bubonic plague, or the Black Death, which killed as many as one-third to one-half of its people, and contributed to the breakup of feudal society. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In exchange for military service, feudal lords used their most abundant resource—land. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Because monarchs already existed within the feudal system, they enjoyed the benefits and respect of tradition. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “We could either restore California’s promise as a land where people go and their lives are improved,” he said, “or we could become some sort of high-tech feudal state, which is where we’re headed.” Silicon Valley's tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas? 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Caste was handed down at birth and determined a person’s social status based on so-called spiritual purity reflected by a feudal ranking of professions. Cal State system adds caste to anti-discrimination policy in groundbreaking decision 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z His plans were largely unworkable because free people would not submit to feudal discipline when America offered so many alternatives. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In the 1100s, the themes of medieval literature downplayed the brutality of knighthood and feudal warfare. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The basic economic units in the feudal system were the lords’ manors. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Ivanishvili’s political opponents, however, compare him to a feudal lord, who sprays little driblets of wealth on people to buy their good will. A Love of Trees or a Display of Power? The Odd Park of an Oligarch. 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z This infuriated the landlords and maharajahs who presided over a feudal hierarchy that relied on exploiting lower-caste labor. Arrests, Beatings and Secret Prayers: Inside the Persecution of India’s Christians 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The largest group of migrants from continental Europe came from Germany, especially from the Palatinate, a mostly Protestant region along the Rhine River whose nobles were pressing for higher rents and feudal dues. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Most women in feudal society were powerless, just as most men were. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The primary relationship in the feudal chain was that between a lord and his vassals, lesser lords who pledged their loyalty to the ranking lord—who was, in some places, a monarch. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z China denies wrongdoing in Tibet and says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom". U.S. names Tibet coordinator, drawing warning from China 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z In the Middle Ages in England, they were used in part to get around a feudal form of taxation as well as rules requiring the first born son inherit a father's property. The Great Inheritors: How three families shielded their fortunes from taxes for generations 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Although Japan appears modern in many ways, values about family relations and the status of women remain somewhat antiquated, rooted in feudal practices. Japan’s former princess leaves for US with commoner husband 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z This was the view of the Church and was generally accepted in feudal society. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Serfs, the bulk of the population, lived at the bottom of the chain of feudal relationships. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In feudal France, where women were regarded as their husbands’ property, the odds are heavily stacked against her receiving justice. ‘The Last Duel’ review: Matt Damon, Adam Driver face off in Ridley Scott’s well-staged medieval epic 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z He also redistributed land from feudal landlords and gave it directly to poor farmers, which led to a huge increase in wheat production. Thomas Sankara trial in Burkina Faso: Who killed 'Africa's Che Guevara'? 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan launched an entire movement animated by widespread populist grievance with the endemic graft that long bolstered the country’s almost feudal political elites. The Pandora Papers’ political fallout grows 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Under the feudal system, a noblewoman could inherit an estate from her husband. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As cracks emerged in the system—between Catholics and Protestants and the feudal manor and the marketplace—the need for a more structured arrangement became apparent. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z You shouldn’t be in a feudal relationship with this company forever.” Dave Eggers thinks technology is a little like an obsessive boyfriend 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Pakistan has long been a hotbed of Muslim Sunni extremism, and helped create the Taliban and their harsh feudal views of Islam in 1994. U.N.: Taliban ally Haqqani Network often carried out Kabul attacks claimed by ISIS-K 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The abject collapse of the Afghan army coupled with the flight of the Afghan leadership only emphasizes the pointlessness of trying to create a modern nation out of a feudal backwater. Opinion | Assessing the aftermath of the withdrawal of Afghanistan 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Amid the weak central governments in feudal Europe, the Church emerged as a powerful institution. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Plague itself did not destroy the feudal system. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The desperate pleas crossing cyberspace from Afghanistan to the U.S. symbolize America’s surrender to a feudal terrorist army, qualifying the retreat as the nation’s most embarrassing. Inside the Afghanistan debacle: Biden abandoned Trump’s pullout plan 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Americans are not built to occupy feudal countries under scorching suns halfway around the globe. Opinion | A Rough Beast Returns 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Athletes are challenging the feudal tyrannies of exploitive federations, leagues, associations and organizing committees. Opinion | It’s the 21st century. Let female athletes wear what they want. 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z After the breakup of Charlemagne’s empire, French counts and dukes ruled their lands independently under the feudal system. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All of these factors began to undermine the feudal system, weakening the power of the lords. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rashomon” A samurai, his wife, a bandit and a woodcutter walk into the woods — and what happens next is a matter of some dispute — in filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s landmark 1950 drama set in feudal Japan. Classic movies in L.A., O.C.: 'Starship Troopers,' 'Purple Rain,' 'Cat Video Fest' 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “They basically operate under a feudal system that provides some sense of normalcy to people,” he said. Deadly standoff in Venezuela leaves over 20 dead, officials say, in latest escalation of gang violence 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z In this feudal system, those deemed impure are excluded from all spheres of life, including access and opportunity to education and work. Even in the U.S. he couldn't escape the label 'untouchable' 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z These royal courts of France strengthened the monarchy while weakening feudal ties. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We eliminated the exploitative feudal system that had persisted in China for thousands of years and established socialism,” he says. Chinese Communist Party 100th anniversary: Xi Jinping delivers key speech – live updates 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The law, which made an exception for “a masquerade party or like entertainment,” was passed during an armed uprising by cash-strapped wheat farmers who disguised themselves as Native Americans during protests over feudal rent arrangements. As COVID recedes, anti-mask laws focused on the KKK resurface 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z It’s feudal Japan, and if you want to be honest to play this character and give it truth, we need to speak our own languages. 'Mortal Kombat's' Joe Taslim reveals hidden talents and his dream director wish list 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Yet this brilliant general who fought to free Europe from the feudal shackles of monarchy also restored slavery by decree in the French Caribbean in 1802, after its post-revolutionary abolition in 1794. France Battles Over Whether to Cancel or Celebrate Napoleon 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Armed with pitchforks and other farm tools, they broke into nobles’ manor houses and destroyed the old legal papers that bound them to pay feudal dues. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One neighbor likened him to a feudal lord among serfs. Phil Spector’s castle, where he murdered Lana Clarkson, sells in Alhambra 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z That lineup includes Yasuke, a show about a Black samurai in feudal Japan that premieres on April 29th. Sailor Moon’s newest movie is hitting Netflix on June 3 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Seen by many as a symbol of national unity but by others as an obsolete vestige of the nation’s feudal history, some question whether or not the traditional monarchy structure is long for this world. Queen Elizabeth II enters new stage of reign following Prince Philip's death amid criticism of the monarchy 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z After surviving feudal lords, Napoleon, the Austrian empire and Italian unification, it emerged in the 20th century as a wealthy haven for tax-averse Italians and a destination for tourism and duty-free shopping. Shut Out on Vaccines, Tiny San Marino Turns to Old Friend: Russia 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Under Russia’s feudal system, serfs were bound to the nobles whose land they worked. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It says the lantern is a gift from Matsura Shigenobu, a daimyo, or feudal lord, in what is now western Kyushu, Japan. Japan’s other gift at the Tidal Basin Resistance is feudal in “Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan,” a new docuseries mixing dramatic reenactments and expert commentary. What’s on TV This Week: 'Superman & Lois,' 'Farrow v. Allen' and more 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Why should the crown be allowed to carry on with a feudal system just because they want to? Prince Charles vetted laws that stop his tenants buying their homes 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Her experience led her to become one of the founders of the National Leasehold Campaign, describing the system as a relic of a feudal age. Government vows to end complex leasehold costs 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z This rigid feudal system managed to keep the country free of civil war. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They consider it a feudal institution unsuitable for a democratic state and accuse it of wielding too much power. Thai actress aiding protests charged with insulting monarchy 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Walsh’s expulsion by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies illuminates what is arguably the most important fault line in Pakistan: the divide between its military establishment and fledgling civilian leadership, largely drawn from a dynastic feudal class. Review | Revisiting Pakistan’s tangle of contradictions and violence 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z “The question is: why should the crown be allowed to carry on with a feudal system just because they want to?” Prince Charles vetted laws that stop his tenants buying their homes 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z As Vincent Canby wrote in his New York Times review, the Merchant Ivory film was about “the last, worn-out gasps of a feudal system that was supposed to have vanished centuries before.” Hollywood’s Obituary, the Sequel. Now Streaming. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z A similar feudal system existed in China under the Zhou Dynasty, which ruled from around the 11th century B.C. until 256 B.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The story traces Hokusai’s struggles, enduring economic, psychological and artistic hardships, amid the cruel, oppressive social backdrop of feudal Japan. Actors connect in ‘subconscious’ to play young, old Hokusai 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z In medieval Europe, strengthened feudal states evolved into absolute monarchies. How fascism has converged with capitalism to redefine government 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The ninja were seen as covert agents of feudal Japan, who relied on espionage and strategy. Thieves sneak in, carry out heist at Japanese ninja museum 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The courthouse, a stately building with large windows and a white marble interior, looked like a feudal castle under siege. On Portland’s streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z The feudal system was based on rights and obligations. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the sprawling city stood Edo Castle, from which the shogun, the country’s military leader, ruled his feudal archipelago while Japan’s emperor was sidelined in Kyoto. Review | A headstrong woman, a dazzling city and the fate of feudal Japan 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Capitalism, like its slave and feudal predecessors, emerged in small, decentralized units of production. How fascism has converged with capitalism to redefine government 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z In this they are like the masters and lords in slave and feudal societies. COVID-19 exposes the weakness of capitalism 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z It is considered the language of India or feudal Europe. America’s Enduring Caste System 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In an astonishing victory, the Italian foot soldiers used crossbows to defeat feudal knights for the first time in history. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Countless historical sites and relics were destroyed in the name of stamping out China’s “feudal” and “bourgeois” culture. Li Zhensheng, Photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, Dies at 79 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The hesitancy arose because early capitalism—the period when emerging capitalist enterprises were relatively small and hampered by powerful slave or feudal states—saw those states as its enemy. How fascism has converged with capitalism to redefine government 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Capitalist societies that broke from slave and feudal predecessors also rejected those systems' self-justifications. COVID-19 exposes the weakness of capitalism 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Such attitudes date back to the feudal era, with the Buraku underclass, and include more recently the offspring of marriages between Japanese and non-Japanese. Japan, New Zealand march to mourn George Floyd, seek change 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Many bishops and abbots cared more about their positions as feudal lords than about their duties as spiritual leaders. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But defenders of monarchy and feudal hierarchy, status and privilege demonized the concept of liberty, likening it to a devolution of order and the slide into chaos. Anti-lockdown protesters show how the idea of "freedom" has degenerated 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z This pious feudal society was frog-marched at gunpoint out of the early Middle Ages and into the 20th century. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z We are all supposed to bow down to capitalism the way our ancestors bowed down to slave masters, feudal lords, and kings. COVID-19 exposes the weakness of capitalism 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In feudal France, vassals pledged loyalty to their lords with a smooch on the lips. Europe bids adieu to cheek kiss in coronavirus era 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z On the positive side, this policy prevented the growth of feudal aristocracies. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, he said, he was “stuck” in soap operas before his breakthrough as a warlord in the 2001 Indian feudal drama “The Warrior.” Irrfan Khan, Indian character actor who transitioned to Hollywood parts, dies 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z He landed the lead role of a rebel fighter in feudal India, a portrait of ferocity that ironically launched the understated actor’s career. Irrfan Khan, movie star of unmatched grace, exuded emotion in the smallest of acts 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Today, however, Sony also announced that its upcoming action-adventure “Ghost of Tsushima,” a game set in feudal Japan, would release July 17. Coronavirus won't stop 'The Last of Us Part 2' after all. Did a leak get the game a June release? 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z But the last vestiges of feudal obligations soon faded. Opinion | Why the Wealthy Fear Pandemics 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z This marked the beginning of a feudal system of localized rule like that of ancient China and medieval Europe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "I think it's totally feudal and unjust," she said. Anger over Duchy of Cornwall rent hikes 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z The Mikado New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players stage the British duo’s classic comic opera/social satire set in feudal Japan. Classical music in L.A. this week: Pink Martini with Pacific Symphony and more 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z A supporter dismissed it as “trussing a domestic,” a comment that recalled France’s feudal past. A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial. So Are the French Elites. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “It’s a feudal way of carrying on,” Davis said. Harry and Meghan’s Big Funding Source Is Private. Sort of. 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z He devoted himself to his earthly feudal lord, his heavenly Lord, and his chosen lady. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Rashomon A shocking episode is seen from different characters’ perspectives in Akira Kurosawa’s classic black-and-white 1950 drama set in feudal Japan; in Japanese with English subtitles. Classic movies in L.A. this week: 'The Misfits,' 'Road Warrior,' 'Rashomon' and more 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z When the duchy first tested the prince’s architectural principles in Poundbury, a village on the southern coast of England, it was ridiculed by some as a “feudal Disneyland.” When the Prince of Wales Is Your Landlord 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z His famous father was the embodiment of the traditional “feudal” dynasties that Brotherhood ideologues used to rail against. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Into his 20s, the prince is said to have received feudal dues of 100 silver shillings and a pound of peppercorns from the mayor of Launceston in Cornwall. Harry and Meghan’s Big Funding Source Is Private. Sort of. 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z However, this region was actually a patchwork of feudal territories. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of that, the feudal Japanese setting is rich, beautifully designed, and a refreshing change of pace from the medieval fantasy and horror elements of past From Software titles. The 11 best games to play on your new PlayStation 4 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The prize, however, went to “Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice,” From Software’s title set in feudal Japan that puts the emphasis on the artistry of combat. Game Awards tease upcoming releases and a new Xbox, but all we want is 'Untitled Beaker Game' 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The selection of Musk’s jury felt positively feudal at times, as prospective juror after prospective juror raised a hand to disclose business ties to one or more of the billionaire’s companies. Musk, Bloomberg, Bezos: America's aristocracy of tech robber barons lives by its own rules 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The classical Japanese theatre, which combines highly stylised movement and unusual vocalisation, will swap samurai swords for lightsabers and replace feudal warriors with the forces of light and darkness. Sabers for samurai as Japanese theatre stages kabuki version of Star Wars 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z These conflicts were one reason why the feudal states of Germany did not unify during the Middle Ages. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Originally flown by feudal warlords, the rising sun symbol was adopted by the Japanese imperial army in 1870 and became the navy ensign in 1889. South Korea compares Japan's 'rising sun' flag to swastika as Olympic row deepens 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Largely because capitalism was never able to eliminate economic and social insecurity, feudal values never completely died. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Horimitsu learned his craft through a Japanese tattooing "family", where several young apprentices serve a master, often for many years, in a strict feudal environment. The eye-watering art thousands cross the world for 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Owners for decades ran their former six-team league like feudal land barons. Players’ decision against terminating CBA early somewhat miraculous given NHL labor history 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Powerful samurai seized control of old feudal estates. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was also motivated to use it because I wanted to recreate the feeling of a general giving orders to a fray of soldiers in feudal battles. Seaman creator Yoot Saito on the fishy Dreamcast AI that was way ahead of its time 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The feudal crusades, with their devastation, plunder and massacre of tens of thousands of Moslems, Jews and Christian were Divinely sanctioned missions to restore the Holy Lands from the heathens for Christ. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z One compared him to a feudal lord among serfs. Phil Spector’s Alhambra home — where he killed Lana Clarkson — gets a price cut 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Agrarian reform would not only bring improved crops and improved livestock, it would transform still feudal peasants into sort of proper smallholders. From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The structure of feudal society was much like a pyramid. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s why the pattern of land ownership in Scotland remains fixed along feudal lines and why more than half of Scotland’s land is owned by fewer than 500 individuals and their families. Scotland’s golden eagles are dying in agony, all in the name of sport | Kevin McKenna 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Materially, feudal peasants lived in a misery hardly anyone in the modern West could imagine. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Among assaults on the teetering feudal system is California’s pending Fair Pay to Play Act, which would allow the state’s college athletes to make money from the use of their names, images and likenesses. SNYDER: NCAA’s new agent rules just another power play 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z He even opens the show on horseback, trotting outside the Uffizi like a feudal lord. Hip-hop horseman: Fab 5 Freddy gallops through Renaissance art 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In the feudal system, status determined a person's prestige and power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine, but the example of Google’s expansion in San Jose – where a profoundly undemocratic, feudal nightmare looms – may be instructive. Google as a landlord? A looming feudal nightmare | Veena Dubal 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z However, feudal ideology, resting heavily on Christian religion, offered a sense of ultimate meaning and purpose which capitalism cannot match, for capitalism envisions nothing higher to strive for than economic wealth. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “When your product is purely the labor of people then owner sounds like something that is of a feudal nature,” Stewart said. NBA teams thinking of doing away with ‘owner’ title to be racially sensitive 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Here is Modi running on a platform that says he is against old feudal India, which is a shorthand for dynastic politics. An Indian Political Theorist on the Triumph of Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalism 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Through warfare, feudal lords defended their estates, seized new territories, and increased their wealth. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a feudal or agricultural economy, things today were likely to be quite similar to things a century ago, as well as to things a century later. Capitalism used to promise a better future. Can it still do that? | Richard Reeves 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The feudal peasant seldom ventured more than a few miles from where he was born and felt strong affinity to his manor or village. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z China claims it “liberated” the far west region in 1950, overturning feudal practices and bringing the remote region into the modern era. Dalai Lama lets slip how India vetoed his meeting with China’s leader in 2014 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z With “Shadow’s” stunning exterior shots and lavish cinematography almost emptied of colors, the film’s feudal world looks drained of vitality from the setting’s unceasing rain. ‘Shadow’ review: Zhang Yimou returns to form with thrilling action epic 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The nobles wanted to safeguard their own feudal rights and limit the king’s powers. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Serf, noun: a laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate. What is Uber? Forget the sharing economy – it's just a libertarian scam | Dominic Rushe 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z When the 99% faces a declining standard of living, appealing to feudal values might help breed stability. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Their model is essentially feudal: let poorly-paid drivers do all the actual work while the company reaps all the value as angel investors continue to pour cash into the corporation. Trump's labor department is giving the gig economy a carte blanche | Ross Barkan 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z He also said his last feature, “Silence,” his 2016 religion epic about Jesuit priests in feudal Japan, connects with “The Irishman.” Ahead of ‘The Irishman,’ Scorsese and De Niro look back 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z By the year 1000, France was divided into about 47 feudal territories. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cocooned in wealth, he gazes out at the world like a feudal lord who understands his vassals better than they understand themselves. Review: In ‘Ink’ on Broadway, an insurgent Rupert Murdoch sets out to conquer Fleet Street 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Capitalists saw feudal aristocrats as lazy, parasitical and incompetent, while aristocrats considered capitalists upstarts, who grubbingly worked for money, and lacked grace, refinement and manners. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z If you do look at the gig economy worker, and increasingly the contingent workforce too, it really does resemble these feudal motifs — where you own your own tools, no one gives them to you. What do Uber and sugar daddies have in common? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z They compared him to a feudal lord among serfs, The Los Angeles Times previously reported. Phil Spector’s infamous hilltop ‘castle’ for sale | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Now people thought of the king as a national leader, fighting for the glory of the country, not simply a feudal lord. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The feudal Security story is worth telling because it offers insight into the narrative itself and why it is so emotionally resonant to the downstairs even today. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z In an extreme crisis, when capitalism is in danger of collapse, the capitalist elite has -and might again- turned to fascism which melds capitalism with feudal thinking. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z When you say "older forms of economic behavior," do you mean like before capitalism, say, under feudalism, where you didn't really get to choose your job, and people just lived in their feudal lord's land? What do Uber and sugar daddies have in common? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The article didn’t directly mention Sunday’s uprising anniversary, referring to the events of 1959 instead as the inauguration of “democratic reform” that saw the dismantlement of the Buddhist hierarchy and feudal structures. 60 years after Dalai Lama fled, China defends Tibet policies 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Although feudal Japan no longer courted contact with China, it would continue to absorb Chinese ideas and shape them into the Japanese way. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The medieval feudal world was made up of baronies or principalities ruled by aristocrats before kings and queens consolidated larger sovereign nation states in the absolutist era. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Historians have long argued that the plague caused lasting labor shortages, slashing revenues on feudal estates and so forcing aristocrats to seek alternative income through warfare. What does it take to destroy a world order? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z And that looks remarkably like feudal relationships, where patronage and personal relationships and formalities really come to the fore. What do Uber and sugar daddies have in common? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Robinson’s basic argument was that capitalism sprouted from a certain type of feudal European order that was already infused with what we would now term “racism” or, at the very least, racialism. Anand Giridharadas: 'What wealthy people do is rig the discourse' 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Four feudal Crusader states were carved out of this territory, each ruled by a European noble. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Each feudal barony was composed of one or many “manors,” estates ruled by the lords—who were often Church officials—that constituted the major economic feudal unit. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z The film is the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 science fiction novel, set on a desert planet in a feudal galaxy. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will hit theaters in November 2020 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z A 1902 New York Times articles describes Sweden as “the most feudal and oligarchical country in Europe” – only rivaled by Tsarist Russia. Neoliberalism is killing our love lives | Bhaskar Sunkara 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z That’s excellent news, given that the film will depend on them to convey its famously complicated story of a feudal struggle in the distant future. The cast of the new Dune film is the Avengers of talent 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z The Crusades weakened the feudal nobility and increased the power of kings. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The manor was the upstairs/downstairs medieval feudal house. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z It is almost feudal or like something from the 18th century in Europe. Psychiatrist James Gilligan on the shutdown: Trump inflicted his own pain and humiliation on America 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z He sought to industrialize and educate Iranians through his 1960s “White Revolution,” as well as abolish the feudal state of much of its countryside. Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z When he was born, his father, a feudal lord, offered 48 demons different parts of his son’s body in exchange for power. Six new anime series to check out this winter 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z People were no longer content with their old feudal existence on manors or in tiny villages. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike today, the feudal “houses” or manors made no pretense of equality or democracy. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z If the family’s spaces channel a certain middle-class, intellectual aspiration toward modernity, the staff’s quarters evoke the feudal. A grand old theater, a middle class house: How Mexico City's landscape helped Alfonso Cuarón tell the story of 'Roma' 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The country’s political system was distinctly “feudal”, the US said, with “a handful of well-connected families” controlling practically all sectors of the economy. Azerbaijan leader's daughters tried to buy £60m London home with offshore funds 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Originally from the US, Kaye Char has lived in Sark for 14 years and was once on the island's constitution committee under the old feudal system - something she feels should never have changed. Is democracy working in Sark? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z At first, towns came under the authority of feudal lords, who used their authority to levy fees, taxes, and rents. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The emotional appeal of “strongmen” rulers in today’s capitalist world, also now full of real and invented enemies, is one of the feudal legacies we see resurfacing with a vengeance in the modern age. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z He squandered a chance to press Kuwait effectively to leave behind a feudal political system. Opinion | The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z It was accepted wisdom that it was futile to press the Saudis on the feudal, the degradation of women and human rights atrocities, because it would just make them dig in their heels. Opinion | Step Away From the Orb 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z “Inclusiveness and coexistence is critical in Ethiopia because of differences in terms of tribalism, and religion and the virtually feudal system of land ownership which prevailed in the past,” he said. In Ethiopian leader’s new cabinet, half the ministers are women 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In Europe, the decline of the Carolingian Empire in the 900s left a patchwork of feudal states controlled by local lords. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the village of Staindrop in County Durham, population 1,310, Thorpe found "a kind of feudal land system", with most of the land still owned by one estate. Six towns, six stories... one England? 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Political leaders are called onstage to praise the President in terms that would make a feudal courtier blush, and they’re not empty words. The Increasingly Menacing Message of Donald Trump’s Rallies 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z But the choice is also a reminder that the wind in Romanticism, and in Walter Scott, could blow both ways, toward liberal nationalism and self-renewal as well as toward feudal nostalgia and hierarchy. The Prophetic Pragmatism of Frederick Douglass 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Shakespeare’s history plays about feudal England and republican Rome have become a nightmare from which the present is trying to awake. Shakespeare in the age of Brexit and Trump: the play’s still the thing 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Gradually, the growth of towns and villages, and the breakup of the feudal system were leading to more centralized government and the development of nations. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Without this intolerance, we would still have slavery, torture, fewer rights for women and homosexuals, feudal lords and unelected parliaments. About time: why western philosophy can only teach us so much 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Shan was persecuted for his mastery of pingshu, which was seen as a hangover from a feudal era. Obituary: The storyteller loved by millions 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z In truth, Modernism, whether European or Japanese, developed roots in countries in which the political and economic structures of so-called modernity were felt unevenly, mitigated by the resilience of older, feudal traditions. How Le Corbusier Became Big in Japan 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z However, a “feudal system persists in medical departments” where the expectation is that doctors should be on call 24 hours a day. Japanese medical university admits to discriminating against female applicants 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Mao Zedong called traditional funeral traditions a “feudal superstition” and in 1956 called for making cremation the main means of dealing with the dead. Outcry as coffins crushed in Chinese 'zero-burial' campaign 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z If you squint, you might see an iguana, an oyster, a pepperoni pizza, a little brown bird, a feudal town or a Ferris wheel. Review: Do you see stars? The sun? An eye? The unexpected discoveries in Robert Gunderman's worlds 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z But there are some aspects of this shiny, computer-powered era that look more feudal than futuristic. Phone in the right hand? You're a hacker! 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z More than a century earlier, the Count of Barcelona had, by marriage, merged his feudal principality of Catalonia into the Kingdom of Aragon. The siren call of separatism 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Prior to the country winning independence in 1947, its people were subjugated by imperial British administrators and myriad maharajas, and the feudal regional monarchies over which they presided. The staggering rise of India’s super-rich 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Closer to home, for decades Crowley, and his cronies that run the Queens County Democratic Party, benefited from controlling, much like feudal lords, who got to run for City Council and judgeships. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spanks the predator political class; next up: redeem the nation 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Petro wants to become less dependent on the country’s vital oil and coal production, emphasizing renewable energy while turning to small-scale farming as a way to jump-start a feudal countryside. Colombians Choose Between Polar Opposites as They Pick New President 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Speaking from his austere office at an otherwise lavish 18th-century feudal palace once used by legendary diplomat Prince Metternich, Mr. Kurz brushed aside the criticism. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz Seeks to Draw Antimigrant Voters Back 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Everything is in flux, except around the monarchy, whose meaning Williams rightly called archaic, for this is a feudal affair. When we cheer the royals, democracy suffers. What a retrograde moment 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z “It’s almost like an absolute monarch where the various feudal lords are coming to try to figure out whether they can get something in or something out of whatever decision he’s making,” Zegart said. Confusion and squabbling undermine Trump’s steps forward on the world stage 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z “In the feudal system, you showed your allegiance by this kind of touching.” Emmanuel Macron’s Bromance With Trump Takes Its Toll at Home 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The unwritten rules of the criminal underworld developed under the tsars, when the country’s serfs—a big chunk of the population—lived under a code that smiled on occasional diddling of feudal overlords. Inside Vladimir Putin’s “mafia state” 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In the manifesto’s time, it was the steam engine that posed the greatest challenge to the rhythms and routines of feudal life. Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z All so they can keep expanding, squatting over lives like feudal incubi. Landlords are social parasites. They’re the last people we should be honouring | Rhik Samadder 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The incident was cited as an example of what South Koreans call “gapjil” — the abuse of underlings and subcontractors by executives who behave like feudal lords. Sister of ‘nut rage’ heiress accused of throwing tantrum 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Tech firms are emerging as new feudal lords. Our data is valuable. Here's how we can take that value back | Francesca Bria 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The prince, Bower writes, “presides at the centre of a court with no place for democracy or dissenting views … like some feudal lord”. Prince Charles claims: lavish spending, obsessed with public opinion ... and doesn't know what cling film is 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z For centuries Russia has been a corrupt and untrustworthy country, starting with the Czars and feudal rulers lording it over the serfs. Why Moscow Will Never Apologize for Attack on Ex-Spy 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z "We live in a feudal state here in Russia," Nikita says. 'Better than Trump': What young Russians think of Putin 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z And she has also helped reform parts of the Turkish penal code, which she said took “a feudal approach to women.” From Turkey to Israel, meet the women fighting for change 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z It felt difficult to square the democratic world outside the office with the feudal arrangement inside it; I spent a lot of time marveling at the cognitive dissonance of it all. How Much Is Anyone ‘Entitled’ To, in the End? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z It was feudal, then fascist, both systems that favor the wealthy. As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What’s Possible 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z You know, in lieu of cities spending public money to attract monopolies or giving tax cuts to our feudal lords. For One Baltimore School, 7 Killings in Just 15 Months 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z And its attempts to insulate miners from the forces of economic rationality are akin to nobles' old feudal protections. Perspective | Bitcoin is teaching libertarians everything they don’t know about economics 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z THE story of Japan’s modernisation began 150 years ago this month, when a band of young samurai and their allies overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and with it seven centuries of feudal rule. Why modern Japan’s founding moment still divides a nation 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z By one count, feudal representation in parliament has dropped to around a quarter, drawn mainly from rural areas in south Punjab and the province of Sindh. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z And its analysis uses a term from feudal China, “jiatianxia,” to define Trump’s approach. Opinion | We’re rushing toward the breaking point 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z If you dismantle the Adminstrative State you end up with chaos, or a feudal society at best. E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z "It's clear from the overwhelming response from the public that real action is needed to end these feudal practices." Leaseholds banned on new-build houses 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The possibility that feudal ideas may be making a comeback, in the name of traditional culture, is a real concern to many. Inside China's 'virtue schools' for women 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Meanwhile feuding has become a pastime of the feudal class, as Islamic inheritance laws requiring an equal split among male heirs fragment estates. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The country’s most popular musician is Teddy Afro, a 41-year-old whose songs celebrate Ethiopia’s former emperors and its feudal past. Why Ethiopians are nostalgic for a murderous Marxist regime 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Her paternal great-grandfather was a celebrated professional narrator who traveled around the country, recounting episodes from Japan’s feudal history. A Lonely Death 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z People actually want you to improve the nation, not set it back to feudal times. Pace of Sign-Ups Under Affordable Care Act Blows Past Prior Years 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z For thousands of years during China's feudal era such "female virtues" had been widely accepted as a code of conduct for women. Inside China's 'virtue schools' for women 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, the feudal rump in parliament has been able to prevent the extension of the minimum wage to agricultural labourers, among other things. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Low levels of literacy even among enfranchised white men The electoral college is as relevant as the feudal institutions it protects. Opinion | Let the People Pick the President 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z It was also intimately tied to a traveling musical, “You Made Me a Communist,” about peasants who banded together to fight an evil feudal landlord. One of the few places where a communist can still dream 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z That is not because any of them trust the North Korean regime, a blend of Stalinist personality cult and blood-soaked feudal dynasty. James Mattis visits the DMZ 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Apparently, the guaranteed way to return to a feudal aristocracy is to create an illiberal preModern society. Are Politicians Responsible for Their ‘Base,’ or Is It the Other Way Around? 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Imran Khan, a leader of the opposition, blames feudalism for the country’s “grossly unfair social system”, but is now wooing the feudal barons in his bid for power in next year’s election. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “They rejected it as the vestiges of a feudal system. They thought you should get good service regardless of how much you are able to tip,” she says. 'You will be sexually harassed': just one of the perils of working for $2.13 an hour 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z He rails at the “feudal state” and “imperial” Manila. Will democracy in the Philippines go the way of Thailand? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It was a feudal dynasty until 1910 when Korea was forcibly annexed by Japan. After North Korea's denuclearisation has failed, who can bring it back to the negotiation table? | Jiyoung Song 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z The Japanese were not to produce movies about war or feudal Japan, nor were films to be critical of the United States. Haruo Nakajima, monster-suited actor who originated ‘Godzilla,’ dies at 88 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Noting how they like to copy the old feudal style, with big cars, browbeaten servants and brazen tax avoidance, Mr Laleka calls them “pseudo-feudals”. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Under the feudal system, those who owed a military duty to a local lord or monarch would traditionally be bound to serve for a set period of time in limited engagements. How the Real History of Mercenary Armies Might Hint at What's Next on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Algerian republicans deride Morocco’s monarch as feudal, and because of the kingdom’s land-grab of Western Sahara call him the world’s last colonial ruler. Morocco and Algeria keep building more barriers 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z That August, the feudal system and tithes were abolished and the Declaration of the Rights of Man enumerated the principles of the revolution. The Surprisingly Peaceful History of Bastille Day Celebrations 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Benioff and Weiss claim to have seen no other possible outcome for a character stranded in a marriage to a psychopath, in a skewed version of feudal society. 'Game of Thrones': Inside the World's Most Popular Show 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Some experts believe that the survey, which was compiled around 1085 in a document known as the Domesday Book, was done to establish feudal rights. 3 Ways Societies Counted Populations Before the U.S. Census 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z As Trump stressed so baldly, in Comey’s telling, he wanted loyalty — much as a feudal lord might seek allegiance from his barons. Opinion | In James Comey’s testimony, there are no happy endings 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z If passed by Parliament, the legislation would amount to a small revolution for France, which some say never truly abolished its feudal system of privileges. With Macron’s Blessing, France Unveils a Sweeping Ethics Overhaul 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Hamaguchi wrote that “at about this time the feudal overseer realised it was a British ship and became extremely angry”, ordering fire on the ship’s waterline. Australian convict pirates in Japan: evidence of 1830 voyage unearthed 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z If in the Middle Ages the chief feudal currency was land, in today’s Russia it is hydrocarbon wealth. Putin’s Shadow Cabinet and the Bridge to Crimea 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z In “Utopia,” published in 1516, Thomas More suggests it as a way to help feudal farmers hurt by the conversion of common land for public use into private land for commercial use. The Future of Not Working 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The estate was likened to a feudal fief. David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Her campaign against child marriage was not an attempt to challenge patriarchy or fight the feudal mindset, but she was just doing her job. Bhanwari Devi: The rape that led to India's sexual harassment law - BBC News 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z No, the feudal allegiances are too strong a pull for these Republican Congresspeople and Senators to do that. When billionaires shred people’s healthcare 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Movchan explained how, in the Middle Ages, feudal lords were often “one handshake away from the king: their post, and the size of the resource, was decided by the king alone.” Putin’s Shadow Cabinet and the Bridge to Crimea 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The meeting, of the “Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm”, derives from the Witan, the Anglo-Saxon feudal assembly of more than a thousand years ago. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The vast majority of Thailand’s 50 million people identify as Buddhist, but many criticize the state-backed version of the faith for becoming overly austere and feudal. A controversial Thai monk is wanted in connection with a fraud case. His followers won't give him up 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The south was poor and undeveloped, overcome by feudal values, while the north was unsure about empowering labor to share the fruits of growth. Trump and Mussolini: The same, only different? Eleven key lessons from historical fascism 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Where once this country saw the mobilization of grassroots pitchforks for progress, the wealthy feudal princes of 21st century American conservatism control armies with pitchforks for regression. When billionaires shred people’s healthcare 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The land ultimately belonged to the king, and was awarded to feudal lords on a provisional basis. Putin’s Shadow Cabinet and the Bridge to Crimea 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Many more labor in brick kilns, wheat fields and at carpet looms, far from the insulated precincts of the educated but feudal elite. Pakistani politician’s new book offers rare look at the nation’s invisible poor 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “With all its fiefdoms, Mississippi government is better designed for feudal society than an effective 21st century government,” Bryant wrote in his budget recommendation for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Analysis: Bill could build up power of Mississippi governor 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The faith of two Jesuit priests in feudal Japan is tested. Opinion | Washington Post bestsellers: Jan. 22, 2017 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “It’s hard to convince shareholders and partners they are a hip Silicon Valley-style company when these charges show them to be a company run like a feudal dynasty.” Political Crisis Engulfs Samsung, a Firm Tied to South Korea’s Success 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z In an era when politics and entertainment are more entangled than ever, pitting the feudal heroism of “Star Wars” against the cerebral and technocratic “Star Trek” becomes more meaningful than it probably should. Why Peter Thiel Fears “Star Trek” 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z "This country does not belong to any general, or any bureaucrat, or a capitalist or a feudal lord, it belongs to its people. We will not remain silent." Pakistan pressed over 'abducted’ activists - BBC News 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z In Scorsese’s film, a gaunt Garfield portrays a priest grappling with a flagging faith while on a mission in 17th century feudal Japan. Through 'Hacksaw' and 'Silence,' Andrew Garfield searches: 'I want to know how to live' 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z For instance, there are reports of Hindu women committing suicide because of pressures on families to deliver large dowry payments, in a system that echoes feudal customs. Indian PM's camp seeks support from unlikely quarter: Muslim women 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z “Silence,” in chronicling the travails of 17th century Jesuit priests in feudal Japan, engages the problem of communication — human as well as divine — with a spiritual and intellectual rigor that almost defies understanding. 'Silence,' 'Moonlight,' 'Manchester' highlight Times film critic Justin Chang's Top 10 movies 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z “A lot of people carry the baggage of tradition and archaic, feudal thinking because that’s the way they were socialized,” Kumari said. A gender sensitivity class in India was going well, until someone died of poison 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z It is not so much the establishment of a garden but the ownership of a gate that moves people from liking a society based on feudal favors to one based on rights. A Letter to a European Friend in a Time of Trump 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Sison saw U.S. imperialism and the Philippines’ feudal state as inextricably linked: in exchange for maintaining access to military bases during the Vietnam War, the U.S. allowed Marcos to continue to oppress the Philippines. When a Populist Demagogue Takes Power 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z For a long time, historians tended to think of the antebellum South as an almost feudal holdover from the past that could not stand up to the forces of modernity. When slaveholders controlled the government 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Baviera added that today Filipino historians were more cognizant that “American colonial policies supported traditional elites and feudal social relations that continue to form the basis of today’s oligarchy.” A Brief History of U.S.-Philippine Relations 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z In the feudal era centuries ago, when the female womb was seen as a precious resource for the production of an heir, brides were susceptible to kidnapping at weddings by rival clans and hooligans. Why Brides in China Are Hiring Professional Bridesmaids 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Confucius and his teachings were widely criticized by the founding father of Communist China, Mao Zedong, who railed against traditional culture and what he called “feudal thinking.” Image of Asia: Celebrating birth of Confucius in Beijing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z We leave it to the media companies to worry about the empire’s tribute for this bounty: most of the advertising dollars that once went to support journalism, leaving the papers vassal to their feudal protectors. Facebook and Google: most powerful and secretive empires we've ever known 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z There, Jia daringly links China’s current regime to the country’s harsh feudal dynasties. ♦ New York Film Festival’s Breakout Films 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The Times of India said "Pink is a powerful statement on the existing feudal mindset of a majority of India". Pink: A Bollywood film about India's 'rape culture' - BBC News 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Otherwise we really are living in a feudal system. Today’s Inequality Could Easily Become Tomorrow’s Catastrophe 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Like a feudal overlord, Mr. Giraldo exercised “a kind of droit du seigneur” over girls in the region, said a Colombian law enforcement official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to talk./ The Secret History of Colombia’s Paramilitaries and the U.S. War on Drugs 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z In Europe you could find feudal principalities vying with independent city states and minuscule theocracies. Isis is as much an offshoot of our global civilisation as Google 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z But, says the Atlantic, “the origins of the property tax aren’t American at all. It, instead, has roots that date back to Europe’s feudal system.” California Inc.: Want to be in the drone biz? Pass this test 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Murky streams and canals flow through a vast countryside owned by feudal landlords who keep their workers deep in debt. A star rises from poverty, is killed defying Pakistan norms 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Since she began competing internationally, five years ago, Dujardin has occasionally threatened the feudal niceties of dressage. The Duo That Dominates Dressage 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In an unusually feudal touch, the convention in Cleveland heard speeches from several Trump employees, including the manager of his Virginia wine estates. At his majesty’s pleasure 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The judges said it was “time to stamp out these barbaric, feudal practices which are a slur on our nation.” Killing in the Name: South Asia’s Badge of Dishonor 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images As late as 1990s China, some of these traditions were still labelled “feudal superstition”, a derogatory term in the communist lexicon synonymous with backward cultural practices. China’s memory manipulators | Ian Johnson 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Until recently Mr. Thiel’s backing would have been a crime, known as “maintenance” and dating from 13th-century English statutes aimed at preventing feudal lords from interfering with the legal process. Peter Thiel’s Legal Smackdown 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z His own tradition he described as “too close to the feudal system.” The Dalai Lama’s practical path to peace 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z When Ms. Adams arrived in Nepal, it was still a desperately poor feudal society, known to the West mostly as the home of Mount Everest and other spectacular peaks of the Himalayas. Barbara Adams, free spirit and American expatriate in Nepal, dies at 84 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Taiko originated in feudal Japan partly as a way to inspire troops, synchronize marches and terrorize enemies. The best workout you're not doing: Taiko drumming 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In The Price of Coal he revealed not only his angry compassion for the daily dangers of mining, but an acknowledgment of the feudal backwardness in his community. Barry Hines obituary: author of A Kestrel for a Knave 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Deployed in Chicago, the profanity and insistence on tight control has come across as feudal. Rahm Emanuel’s Lessons for Hillary Clinton 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z This yearning seems especially keen in China, where state television serves up feudal soap operas with the regularity of daily meals. China’s Homegrown High-Fashion Designer 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z This is more of a problem in old countries like Britain which were founded on feudal systems. How can you make inheritance fairer? - BBC News 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Patrons and feudal families would sponsor the dancers. Remembering the golden days of Kathakali - BBC News 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z “He provides the rhetoric and moral high ground for enemies of capitalism, for those who would take us back to a feudal and backward-looking society.” Business Leaders Move to Strengthen Vatican Ties 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A state that Nasser once claimed would offer an escape from feudal violence and imperialism had, by Mubarak’s era, become a transmission line for privileged appropriation and brutality. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Villages were abandoned, religious houses were dispersed, and minor feudal lords pawned their land to whoever could pay. The Next Great Famine 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z When she was very young, her family, which came from the gentry of feudal times, owned animals and employed gardeners and housekeepers. An Iranian Woman’s Battle to End Stoning 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Born in Savannah, Ga., Boynton Robinson was reared in a family of black entrepreneurs and landowners who refused to know their place in the feudal South. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z "The Assassin": Like stepping back in time, this steady, detailed story of complex intrigues in feudal China explodes into dazzling choreographies of action. The 10 (or 20) best movies of 2015, according to Indie Focus writer Mark Olsen 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Previously, a governor was the president’s peon” – especially in the days of one-party rule – “but these are feudal lords.” Mexican state governor to crack down on corruption but problem runs deep 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It might turn out not to be about blowing up villages on the other side of the world and being incredibly mean to poor people and reverting to feudal oligarchy! Reasons to give thanks: America is a total mess — and some of it is good news 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z For all practical intents and purposes, a small and concentrated number of generals are lords of all they survey, very much like feudal lords, as far as the economy of the country is concerned. “The most persecuted group in the world”: Will the minority Muslim Rohingya reap the benefits of Myanmar’s open election? 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Many parts of the state have more in common with a feudal agrarian society than with the modernizing digitized “aspirational India” so often celebrated by Mr. Modi. Though Not on Ballot, Narendra Modi Is at Center of Vote in India 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The lack of women in rural China resurrected the old, feudal practice of a bride price, or chai li. How China’s One-Child Policy Backfired Disastrously 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The caste system was abolished in 1871 along with the feudal system. 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