This article is to discuss the differentiation of peasants of England in the 16~(th) and 17th century and questions the model of social polarization proposed by Classical Modernization Theory and Marxist. The article has three parts.

• 17世纪是英国历史上的早期现代化时期,现代化的启动带来农民的剧烈分化。 本文旨在探讨英国早期现代化时期英国农民分化过程,并在此基础上反思经典现代化理论和马克思主义的资本主义两极分化模式在认识英国农民分化问题上的不足。