15-17世纪英国贵族婚姻生活的主要特点

摘要

15-17世纪的英国正处在重要的转折时期,社会面貌发生较大变化。贵族的婚姻生活也有别于以往,本文对其几个主要的特点进行了阐述。这一时期父母对贵族子女婚姻的绝对控制权开始缓慢减弱;随着社会济结构的变化,贵族婚姻生活中经济方面的考虑进一步增强;此外,国王的干预和宗教的影响也是这一时期贵族婚姻生活的重要特点。%British social life underwent significant changes between the 15th to 17th century.In this period,matrimonial life of the English nobility evolved in a way that distinguished itself from that of the past centuries,which is elaborated on in this paper.In this period,parental interferences to marriage began to fade,and,due to changes in social structure,marriage of the English nobility was characterized by noticeable traces of materialistic considerations,except for more traditional factors such as politics and religion.