The samurai a. took oaths of poverty, chastity, and obedience before their formal investiture. b. were similar to medieval European knights. c. were the oath-pledged military retainers of the shogun, constituting a formal national army. d. were a hereditary warrior class in medieval Japan recruited in Manchuria and Siberia. e. were recruited from the peasant class.

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Rylan Holmes

13 October, 17:13

The samurai a. took oaths of poverty, chastity, and obedience before their formal investiture. b. were similar to medieval European knights. c. were the oath-pledged military retainers of the shogun, constituting a formal national army. d. were a hereditary warrior class in medieval Japan recruited in Manchuria and Siberia. e. were recruited from the peasant class.

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Ruben Schultz · Answer 1

b. were similar to medieval European knights

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The samurai were similar to medieval European knights, living by a strict warrior code. They were a class of warriors which arose in the 10th century CE in Japan and which performed military service until the 19th century CE, legendary armored swordsmen of Japan.