在西欧的历史里,17世纪是一个重要的世纪。文艺复兴,宗教改革,君主兴起,城市繁荣等等都表明人们从中世纪黑暗中挣扎出来的轨迹,而又为进入现代世界而奠定的基础。这个时期是以实验科学,基督教会和民众主权为其时代特征。约翰·洛克(John Locke)的身世和他的思想都打上这个时代的烙印,也充分表现了当时的英国社会风貌和英国上层社会人物 In the history of Western Europe, the seventeenth century was an important century. Renaissance, religious reform, the rise of monarchs, urban prosperity, etc. all show the trajectory that people have struggled out of the darkness of the Middle Ages, yet they laid the foundation for entering the modern world. This period was characterized by experimental science, the Christian church and popular sovereignty. John Locke’s life experience and his thoughts are branded with this era, but also fully demonstrated the then British social outlook and the British upper class social figures