摘要
16~17世纪的英国面临着经济政治制度的双重变革。伴随着商品经济的发展、社会的分化、财富的积累,英国的社会结构随之发生了新的变化。旧的社会等级秩序渐渐为新的等级秩序所代替。贵族阶级作为旧的社会秩序中的中坚力量虽然在新的社会秩序中依然占有一席之地,然其地位已不可同日而语。中等阶级的兴起、教士和自由民社会地位的变化、两极分化的加剧等都与当时的社会环境密不可分。本文从英国当时的社会环境入手,探析16~17英国社会结构的变化以及这些变化产生的原因与影响。
In 16th to 17th century, Britain was facing the dual changes in economic and political system. With the development of commodity economy, social division and the accumulation of wealth, Britain social structure had new changes. The old hierarchical order of society was gradually replaced by the new hierarchical order. Aristocracy, as the important power in the old social order, still stood in some place of the new social order, while not as important as before. The rise of middle class, the changes of priests and freedmen＇ s social status and intensification of the polarization linked with the social environment. This article starts from the social environment of Britain to explore the reasons and effects of the changes of British social structure in 1^th 17^th century.
关键词
16世纪
17世纪
社会结构
英国
16^th century
17^th century
social structure
Britain
