They had more in common than different. The Samurai were "owned" by Damyos, and the Knights were "owned" by Lords. They both fought for there Damyos or Lords, and acted as "mercenaries".
England’s Elizabethan Catholics were public enemy number one. Their
Masses were banned and their priests were executed. Jessie Childs
reveals what life was like for ‘recusants’ and ‘church papists’ in a
hostile Protestant state.
The rich have more power than than the poor.