Between Medieval And Modern

The Tudors central government, not only quite different from the Middle Ages?揌ousehold government? but also quite different from modern times拁~ parliament government ? After studying the Tudors central governxnent,we can find, one side, the central government of this time kept some old medieval government抯 characteristics; on the other side, it generated some rudiments of modern government抯. The author think that the Tudors central government, as a matter of fact, was a transitive central government. This article is drawn up from four aspects to discuss it. Part One: The Middle Ages?揌ousehold Government? The Middle Ages?England central government could be called 揌ousehold Government? The form of this government?s basic connotation was: household, which was composed by king and his servants, was government?s main part. household had a domiant status in the country?s political life,which was expressed by the king who through his servants governed government departments. This meant that the fundamental characteristic of the Middle Ages抍entral government was?king抯 personal government? Lack of rectifying was another important characteristic of the Middle Ages?揌ousehold Government? Aristocracyt cliques and the church?s existence led to this characteristic?s appearance. The third characteristic was this time?s government department had little defined division. Finally, in order to ?棗 understand 揌ousehold Government?s?characteristics comprehensively, we should analysis king and parliament?s relation. In the Middle ages, parliament was a government department subordinated to king. Part Two:Modern Times?揚arliament Government? Modern times?England government could be called 損arliament government? It?s fundamental characteristic was: parliament controlled country抯 sovereignty; King was gradually loosing his control over government and becoming a king log, and parliament ultimately controlled central government. Here we should point one thing out explicity that parliament did not accomplish his control over government at one s~oke,but underwent a long process of tempering. Part Three: The Tudors Central Government?s Reformation And Its Transitive Characteristics. The Tudors central government departments?reformation start from finance departments?reformation. Finance departments?substance reformation were their divorce from household and at the same time, they formed several parallel revenue courts. Later, these revenue courts merged into the exchequer which had been reformed before, and this merger led to the exchequer?s revival, Through the Tudors finance departments?reformation, England forged ahead toward modern times?finance departments, which were centralizational and effective. Along with politics~economics and society life抯 great change, and with the promotion of?Cambridge reform faction?whose head was Thomas ~onwell,the Middle Ages?council was transformed into the privy council. The privy council not only incarnated the old council抯 shrinking and e~vation,but also incarnated some modern times?central government梒abinte?s ?? N characteristics. It could be said that the priv...