VI. The Peasant Uprising of 1381 and its significance
1381年農(nóng)民起義及其意義
Armed villagers and townsmen of Kent and Essex, led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, moved on London in June, 1381. The king was forced to accept their demands. Most of the rebels dispersed and went home, while Tyler and other leaders stayed on for more rights. Tyler was killed at a meeting with the king.
The uprising was brutally suppressed, but it had far-reaching significance in English history. First, it directed against the rich clergy, lawyers and the landowners. Second, it dealt a telling blow to villeinage, and third, a new class of yeomen farmers emerged, paving the way to the development of capitalism.
1381年6月，在瓦特 泰勒和杰克 斯特勞領(lǐng)導下，凱特郡和埃塞克斯郡的農(nóng)民和市民武裝起來發(fā)動起義，并向倫敦進發(fā)。國王被迫接受了他們的要求。大多數(shù)起義農(nóng)民解散回家，但泰勒和其他堅決的農(nóng)民留下來要求得到更多的法律、宗教和政治權(quán)利。泰勒在又一次與國王的會見中被殺死。
盡管起義被血腥鎮(zhèn)壓，但在英國歷留下了深遠的影響。這次起義具有真實的社會性，把矛頭直接對準了富有的教職人員、律師和地主。這次起義沉重打擊了封建農(nóng)奴制度，產(chǎn)生了全新的自耕農(nóng)階級，為資本主義發(fā)展鋪設(shè)了道路。
1381年農(nóng)民起義及其意義
Armed villagers and townsmen of Kent and Essex, led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, moved on London in June, 1381. The king was forced to accept their demands. Most of the rebels dispersed and went home, while Tyler and other leaders stayed on for more rights. Tyler was killed at a meeting with the king.
The uprising was brutally suppressed, but it had far-reaching significance in English history. First, it directed against the rich clergy, lawyers and the landowners. Second, it dealt a telling blow to villeinage, and third, a new class of yeomen farmers emerged, paving the way to the development of capitalism.
1381年6月，在瓦特 泰勒和杰克 斯特勞領(lǐng)導下，凱特郡和埃塞克斯郡的農(nóng)民和市民武裝起來發(fā)動起義，并向倫敦進發(fā)。國王被迫接受了他們的要求。大多數(shù)起義農(nóng)民解散回家，但泰勒和其他堅決的農(nóng)民留下來要求得到更多的法律、宗教和政治權(quán)利。泰勒在又一次與國王的會見中被殺死。
盡管起義被血腥鎮(zhèn)壓，但在英國歷留下了深遠的影響。這次起義具有真實的社會性，把矛頭直接對準了富有的教職人員、律師和地主。這次起義沉重打擊了封建農(nóng)奴制度，產(chǎn)生了全新的自耕農(nóng)階級，為資本主義發(fā)展鋪設(shè)了道路。