Betty roberts became an embarrassment to her company when she joked about the ruling monarchy in england in front of a group of visiting english businesspeople. she should have known that political ridicule by a foreigner is rarely accepted. ms. roberts has violated what is known as a cultural

european feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.

japanese feudalism. the era of feudalism in japan took place from the 12th through 19th centuries. during that period local rulers, either powerful families or military warlords, dominated the land, while the emperor was merely a figurehead and not a significant political presence.