社会转型时期英国富裕农民公共政治生活探析

The Public Political life of Well-to-do Peasants in England during the social transformation period

1450—1650年是英国由传统农业社会走向现代化的转型时期。该时期英国地方行政管理的研究已经成为欧洲经济-社会史的重要内容,其中富裕农民群体的公共政治生活尤其引人瞩目。本文将聚焦中世纪晚期近代早期英国乡村社会精英群体的公共政治生活状况,即富裕农民担任地方行政管理职务、担任陪审员等方面情况,从一个方面反映英国这一时期地方自治的特点,同时有助于理解和说明富裕农民在社会转型时期的骨干作用。

England was undergoing a period of transformation from traditional agriculture to modern society from 1450 to 1650. The study on England local administration has become an important aspect of European economy and social history, in which the well-to-do peasants are particularly important in the public political life. This article will focus on the elite＇s public political life in England rural community during the social transformation period. The study on the public political life of the well-to-do peasants,acting as being the local administration office, or as jury and so on, will reflect the characteristics of local self-government in England in this period and will help us to understand their key role during the period of social transformation.