Research On Rodney Hilton's History Thought

In the contemporary Western history, the English Marxism history school of thought is recognized as one of three big history schools which with the French yearbook school of thought, the American society science history school of thought exists side by side, one of this school of thought most prominent characteristics is the view of"history looked from bottom to top", understands clearly the entire social history's development from the lower social class's angle of view .This article's master line is based on an English Marxism history school of thought main representative persons - - Rodney Hilton's history thought, The first chapter mainly elaborated the society political context which Hilton locates, as well as the influence of such political context to his thought, then under the social history condition, Hilton has formed his own unique history thought, and understood clearly the entire society by the unique history angle of view, surely he has left many history works for the later generation. The second and the three chapters are the center of the whole text, this part is through his research of the lower social class, as well as his unique class struggle analyzes angle of view, promulgated the main propelling force of the development to the middle ages of the England feudal society; and as well as the inexorable law of the feudalism development. The final two chapters of the article are a summary to Hilton's academic achievements, which mainly elaborated the character of Hilton's history thought as well as the influence and the enlightenment to China and the West Marxism history. Rodney Hilton is one of famous experts on the studies of the feudalism and farmer question, his achievements on the history, not only in English, but moreover internationally affects profoundly.