The accession of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne marked England’s transition into the modern age and a confrontation with new challenges both in culture and politics.The growth of a new wealthy middle class b...The accession of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne marked England’s transition into the modern age and a confrontation with new challenges both in culture and politics.The growth of a new wealthy middle class brought about confusion and disorder,threatening the superiority of an aristocracy that had stood the test of time.Throughout the Elizabethan age,when luxurious clothes signified social position and declared an aspiration of rank,apparel proved to be the medium through which such confusion became evident.Moral righteousness was the real concern for both Church and State:homilies against excess in apparel were read in churches,calling for sobriety as a virtue indispensable to the salvation of the soul.Urged through necessity and by preachers like Philippe Stubbes,Elizabeth I’s Parliament passed sumptuary proclamations to restrict clothing and impose social order on the basis of economic income.Convinced that costly attire was a cause of poverty and crime,Elizabeth’s proclamations on apparel were,with the exception of the law passed in 1559,based on Henry VIII’s law of 1533,but were no longer negative or prohibitive in character,simply establishing what the people had to do and wear.展开更多
本文以对Quod principi placuit,legis habet vigorem的正确翻译为起点,还原了帝政分权时期元首与元老院分权、共治的宪政局面,批驳了罗马无宪法论以及私法巨人、公法矮子论,揭示了某些英语世界的作家故意误译上述拉丁短语以彰显英国宪...本文以对Quod principi placuit,legis habet vigorem的正确翻译为起点,还原了帝政分权时期元首与元老院分权、共治的宪政局面,批驳了罗马无宪法论以及私法巨人、公法矮子论,揭示了某些英语世界的作家故意误译上述拉丁短语以彰显英国宪政优越论的阴谋,展示了短语作者乌尔比安的思想体系中的宪政倾向,对延长西方宪政史的时间链条具有特别的意义。展开更多
文摘The accession of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne marked England’s transition into the modern age and a confrontation with new challenges both in culture and politics.The growth of a new wealthy middle class brought about confusion and disorder,threatening the superiority of an aristocracy that had stood the test of time.Throughout the Elizabethan age,when luxurious clothes signified social position and declared an aspiration of rank,apparel proved to be the medium through which such confusion became evident.Moral righteousness was the real concern for both Church and State:homilies against excess in apparel were read in churches,calling for sobriety as a virtue indispensable to the salvation of the soul.Urged through necessity and by preachers like Philippe Stubbes,Elizabeth I’s Parliament passed sumptuary proclamations to restrict clothing and impose social order on the basis of economic income.Convinced that costly attire was a cause of poverty and crime,Elizabeth’s proclamations on apparel were,with the exception of the law passed in 1559,based on Henry VIII’s law of 1533,but were no longer negative or prohibitive in character,simply establishing what the people had to do and wear.
文摘本文以对Quod principi placuit,legis habet vigorem的正确翻译为起点,还原了帝政分权时期元首与元老院分权、共治的宪政局面,批驳了罗马无宪法论以及私法巨人、公法矮子论,揭示了某些英语世界的作家故意误译上述拉丁短语以彰显英国宪政优越论的阴谋,展示了短语作者乌尔比安的思想体系中的宪政倾向,对延长西方宪政史的时间链条具有特别的意义。
