历史必然性——英国欧陆游学的兴起

The Rise of the Grand Tour in Britain: a Historical Necessity

欧陆游学具有特定的出发地与目的地,是一种英国贵族子弟前往欧洲大陆进行以丰富学识、增长见闻为主要目的的教育实践。这一活动最早可追溯到罗马不列颠时代,在多种因素相互交织的作用下,地理上的天然联系和情感上的彼此交融提供了前提,文艺复兴以及宗教改革冲破了思想的束缚,最根本的还在于英国社会经济文化发展之间的矛盾,英国作为资本主义的"首发国家",其文化教育却严重滞后于经济的发展,最终使这一活动成为一种历史的必然。

The Grand Tour,an education practice with specific origin and destination,is a learning activity from England to the continent Europe.The rise of this activity was caused by many factors:firstly,the natural geographical connection and the emotional relation,secondly,the leading role of the Renaissance and the subsequent influence of the protestant reformation.The most fundamental one was the contradiction between social economy and cultural development in Britain.As the“Starting state”of capitalism,Britain’s education culture lagged behind its economic development,which made the Grand Tour a historical necessity.