A Research On The Reformation Movement Of Manners In England From Late 17^th Century To Mid 18^th Century

From late 17 th century to 1830 s,it had a Movement for the Reformation of Manners aimed at improving the norms of social morality and public conduct in England society.This movement took place in the period when British social concept and culture,which mixed inheritance and revolution,developed and changed greatly.During this period,the social culture and traditional morality left over by Medieval suffered impact,while the new one came into being.In this context,the Movement for the Reformation of Manners happened,which in order to curb behaviors of immorality,contempt for God,excessive drinking,gambling and so on,all above were the representatives of the public abuses.The security magistrates and the outcry who as law-executors in secular power institutions,became the means to manage social problems,meanwhile the community resulting from the reformation of manners was important supplement.At the same time,the movement also paid attention to enhance the cultural level of the people,and focused on combining with reward and punishment,which effectively preventing the social atmosphere from fading and improving the public morality and custom.The Movement for the Reformation of Manners had played a role in purifying the social morality on the one hand and on the other hand changing some vices of the people,including activities of desecration on Christian faith during the process of religious reform.In the process of improving social morality and customs,the bourgeoisie had established a leading position in social ethics and culture.This social movement had also promoted the construction of the nation-state and the British national culture,which effectively promoting the central government power extension in local place.As a social reform movement,the kind of religious ideology formed by the movement,on the one hand,alleviated the social ills in the period of social transformation and removed some bad and vulgar traditional customs of people;on the other hand,put forward new standards of manners for the British people timely when the old system collapsed,which not only regulating the behaviors of people,but also proposing a moral blueprint for the new society.