自由农民与农业革命——英国东盎格利亚地区的圈地运动和农业革命

Free Peasant and Agricultural Revolution——Enclosure Movement in East Anglia and Agricultural Revolution

位于英国东部的东盎格利亚地区自古以来就是英国最重要的农业生产区。随着16-17世纪英国以羊毛为主要代表的乡村工业的蓬勃发展,自由农民大量出现,与此相适应的是大量的羊毛需求刺激了英国大规模地进行圈地运动,同时也刺激了英国的农业生产效率的提高,从而开始了农业革命。而东盎格利亚地区作为英国的首要农产区,研究在此区域发生的自由农民的产生与圈地运动和农业革命关系无疑具有极大的学术价值。本文主要着重探讨东盎格利亚地区的自由农民对于圈地运动以及农业革命的进程推动作用及其历史意义。

East Anglia region,which located in the east of England,since ancient times is the most important agricultural production areas.With the 16th- and 17 th century British wool industry became the main representative of the rural industry,the needs of large number of wool stimulated the Britain large- scale enclosure movement,and also to stimulate the British agricultural production efficiency raise,which thus began the agricultural revolution.East Anglia as Britain' s major agricultural producing areas,studies in this area occurred in the enclosure movement and the agricultural revolution undoubtedly has great academic value.This paper mainly focuses on the East Anglia region enclosure movement and process of agricultural revolution and its historical significance.