This is a revised edition of Christopher Hill's classic and ground-breaking examination of the motivations behind the English Revolution and Civil War, first published in 1965. In addition to the text of the original, Dr Hill provides thirteen new chapters which take account of other publications since the first edition, bringing his work up-to-date in a stimulating and enjoyable way. This book poses the problem of how, after centuries of rule by King, lords, and bishops, when the thinking of all was dominated by the established church, English men and women found the courage to revolt against Charles I, abolish bishops, and execute the king in the name of his people. The far-reaching effects and the novelty of what was achieved should not be underestimated - the first legalized regicide, rather than an assassination; the formal establishment of some degree of religious toleration; Parliament taking effective control of finance and foreign policy on behalf of gentry and merchants, thus guaranteeing the finance necessary to make England the world's leading naval power; abolition of the Church's prerogative courts (confirming gentry control at a local level); and the abolition of feudal tenures, which made possible first the agricultural and then the industrial revolution. Christopher Hill examines the intellectual forces which helped to prepare minds for a revolution that was much more than the religious wars and revolts which had gone before, and which became the precedent for the great revolutionary upheavals of the future.
0 有用 野狗卡夫卡 2021-12-07 04:01:39
资料极翔实。强调实验科学、议会派与清教的联系,强调新兴商人对传统土地所有制的排斥以及对开拓海外贸易的要求,强调信徒皆祭司的理念与政治变革的联系。对我比较有启发的是17世纪的一些独立派会众团体对中世纪异端思想的继承,尤其是对下层反抗者十分关键的反律法主义。
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了不起
0 有用 野狗卡夫卡 2021-12-07 04:01:39
资料极翔实。强调实验科学、议会派与清教的联系,强调新兴商人对传统土地所有制的排斥以及对开拓海外贸易的要求,强调信徒皆祭司的理念与政治变革的联系。对我比较有启发的是17世纪的一些独立派会众团体对中世纪异端思想的继承,尤其是对下层反抗者十分关键的反律法主义。
0 有用 Stardust 2018-09-07 02:21:58
了不起