爱尔兰与近代早期英国的殖民活动

殖民主义是近代早期英国社会最为显著的特征之一,也是推动不列颠帝国形成并逐步走向强盛的动力之一.爱尔兰是英国近代早期殖民活动最重要的对象之一,是英国"最古老的殖民地".在不列颠殖民活动中,爱尔兰又具有特殊的地位和作用.它既构成一个内部殖民类型,又成为不列颠向海外殖民的"实验室"和主要人力资源输出地.同时,对英国近代早期新的经济发展格局的形成也具有特殊的意义.

Ireland and Colonies of Early Modern British

Colonial expansion was the one of manifestations of early modern British society. Ireland was the one of the most objects and an " oldest colony " of early modern British colonial expansion. For British, Ireland was a internal conoy, and a big " laboratory " and a main labor exporter for overseas colony. The conquest and colony in Ireland exercised a great influence on British social development and the rising of British Empire.