在封建社会里 ,或者说在农村人口占据绝大比例的前工业社会中 ,乡村组织是封建政治制度的一部分 ,亦是封建国家政治统治的重要基础。乡村政治组织 ,与标志生产方式性质的农业生产组织相类相从 ,皆是社会转型问题研究中不可忽视的课题。本文拟对英国和中国封建晚期社会的乡村基 In feudal society, or in the pre-industrial society where the rural population accounts for a large proportion, rural organizations are part of the feudal political system and an important foundation for feudal political rule. Political organizations in rural areas, similar to the agricultural production organizations that mark the mode of production, are all issues that can not be ignored in the study of social transformation. This article attempts to study the rural base of late feudal society in England and China