近代早期英国贵族婚姻特点及其成因

Analysis of Reasons of Marital Status among British Aristocracy in Early Modern Period

近代早期是英国社会转型的重要阶段,这一时期英国贵族的婚姻出现了重要变化,呈现出结婚率、结婚年龄、内婚率高而离婚率低这样一个"三高一低"的特点。家族延续的需要,长子继承制的实行,门第观念的强化,经济利益的追逐,国王干预和宗教因素的影响都是产生这一特点的重要成因。

The early modern time was an important stage during British social transformation period.Meanwhile,great changes had taken place in British aristocracy marriage.It presented such characteristics of ＂three-high-and-one-low＂： high marriage rate,high rate of marriage age,high rate of endogamy but low divorce rate.The following factors,such as the necessity to maintain family blood,the overwhelming primogeniture,the strengthening concept of family status,the chase for economic benefit,and the intervention of the king and religious influence,may play important roles during the formation of the mentioned phenomena.