European Nirvana: The Concept of European Development in the Transition Period

Author: Zhu Xiaoyuan
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Only when old structures collapse but new structures have not yet matured will a transitional period appear; moreover, when institutional voids bring widespread social chaos, people see the necessity of establishing a new order and the dawn of political revolution. Military feudalism and political feudalism are two different types of political systems: the former is a medieval European institution that directly triggered the social crisis of the late Middle Ages and pushed the system towards disintegration. How to establish new principles amidst chaos and rebuild society became the starting point of the rise of modern Europe. We are unclear about how the concept of "rebirth" was interpreted as the "Renaissance." In fact, as a revolutionary response to social reality, it was a genuine movement of European rejuvenation. In other words, the Renaissance nurtured a program for rejuvenating Europe. It is clear: the movement summoned a new social cohesion, not only superimposing a more hopeful system on the existing one but also ensuring rationality during system exchange and balance in social development through alliances between citizens and monarchs.