封建时代中西城市比较的几个问题

Some Probes about the Comparative History between the Feudal Towns of China and the West

中世纪城市兴起,是西欧有别于中国封建时代的最显著特征之一。从对城市的起源、城市的概念内涵、城市的民众组织等三个重要问题所进行的中西比较可以看出,西欧中世纪城市作为一种较为独立的社会政治单位,更能蓄积起冲击封建政治体系的力量;而中国封建城市与统治者有千丝万缕的联系,更多意义上是在封建政治体系中起着堡垒作用。

The rising of medieval towns is a remarkable characteristics in the Western Europe different from the feudal China. By comparing them from three points., the origin of city and town, the contains of town＇s concept, and the organizations of common people in city and town, it is argued that the medieval towns in Western Europe were a kind of more independent social and political unit, and they can gather more and more factors breaking against feudal system. On the contrary, China＇s cities and towns were the fortresses for defending feudal system.