近代前期法国贵族阶层经济实力问题探析

近代前期法国正从封建主义衰落向资本主义发展转变,在此大背景下贵族阶层在贵族制度不断衰落的同时,适应了经济形势的变化,仍然保持着相当的经济实力。但由于长子继承制的实行、日常生活开支的巨大以及教育文化投入的增多,贵族阶层内部出现贫富分化,贫穷贵族混迹于社会,从而也一定程度上导致人们认为这一时期贵族阶层的经济状况变坏。

On the Economic Condition of the French Nobility During the Early Modern Period

In the early modern period, France is turning to a capital society from a feudal one. Under this black-groud, with the declining of the noble system, the nobility successfully adapt to the change of the economic situation, continue keeping a powerful economic strength. Because of the inheritance system of the eldest son, the huge daily expenses and the increasing investment on education, the nobility divides into the rich and the poor ones. To some extent, it is the poor noble that leads people to misunderstand that the power of the nobility becomes declined in this period.