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1、TheDevelopmentofBritishDemocracyAbstractAsweallknow,thefullnameofBritainistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,whichthroughalonghistory.Britain,oneofthemostinfluentialcountriesintheworldhistory,wentthroughfourmajorperiods,includingRomansLanding
2、,TheAnglos-Saxons,TheVikingandDanish,andTheNormanConquest;andfinallyestablishedarealpowerfulcountry.Withthedevelopmentofhistory,therearemanydevelopmentsinBritainthatindeedchangetheworld;forinstance,theEnglishlanguage,theindustrialrevolution,especiallythepa
3、rliamentarysystemofgovernment.Ithasoneoftheoldestcontinuouslyfunctionalpoliticalsystemsintheworld,thoughthecharacterofthatsystemhasbeenalteredinresponsetophilosophicalandpopularpressures.Tobesure,thedevelopmentofBritishdemocracyhasbeenthemodelandtheinspira
4、tionformanynationalgovernmentsworldwide.KeyWords:feudal;MagnaCarta;Representative;theBillofRights;ConstitutionalMonarchy;ResponsibilityCabinetSystem;parliamentarydemocracy;constitutionalmonarchy;ChinesedemocraticconstructionContent1.BackgroundBeforeandafte
5、rhundredsyearsofAnglo-Saxon'sdaywasgeneratedandunifiedbyBritain,andit’stheimportantperiodofthefeudallordsbeinglaid.1066,thisyearisanimportantandspecialyeartoBritain;WilliamtheConquerorwhofinallyconqueredEngland,tooktheEnglishthrone,andbecameWilliamtheFirst
6、ofEngland.Inordertoconsolidatehispower,thenewking,WilliamtheConqueror,strengthenedandenlargedthesystemoffeudalrelations.Putitbriefly,aboundpeasantrywassubjecttotheruleoflandlordsandtheupperclasswhichwasloyalandresponsibletoakingorlordinexchangeforland.Then
7、feudalismbecameawayoflifeinMedievalEngland.DuringMedievalEngland,KingJohnsufferedthelossofNormandyandnumerousotherFrenchterritoriesthroughmistreatmentofhisvassallords.WhenJohnreturnedtotheEnglandin1215,heantagonizedthefeudalnobilityandtheleadingChurchfigur
8、es;sotheyforcedhimtosigntheMagnaCartatoimposelegallimitsontheking’spersonalpowersinraisingmoneyfromhissubjects.TheMagnaCartathatmeans“GreatCharter”wasoneofthemostimportantdocumentsofMedievalEngland.Thedocumen
