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By the year 1000,
直到公元1000年
We're gonna give I figure the thousand
我们要注意这个1000年
I promise you by the year 1000 so soon thereafter
我向你保证在公元1000年左右
the entity that we call Europe had been brought into existence
所谓的"欧罗巴" 这个概念才开始被确立
11th century see an acceleration of change and Pounds arise
11世纪有了越来越多的变化
What's gonna lead to, when I had medieval history in college,
这之后的故事,我在大学的中世纪史里读到
we had about 4 or 5 readers beyond our main textbook
那时大概有4 5个超出了我们主要教科书的阅读材料
And one was on the medieval town
其中有一个是关于中世纪的城镇的
And one of the things that is going to lead to the demise
那里涉及一个导致帝国幻灭的因素
Courtly literature is of that all of a sudden that
根据文学记载就是
towns take over the economic leadership
城镇中出现了经济型的领导能力
and so the reason for the nobility to exist is not as strong as it was
导致了贵族的存在感没有之前那么强烈
Population grew so society has to be fairly well off
人口增长,生活水平提高
for population to grow
使得人口得以进一步增长
And it grows in Europe from the year 1000 to 1300
欧洲的人口在公元1000年到1300年持续增长
And then doesn't grow again until 1800
但是直到1800年却一直没有再继续增长
Think about that
想想为什么
I think it was a British historian who said we need wars, and plagues,
我记得有一位英国历史学家说过
and stuff to control population
我们需要战争瘟疫这一类灾祸来控制人口
The Thirty Years War in Europe
欧洲的30年战争
which started off as a religious war 1513- 1548
从1513年到1548年的宗教战争开始
When it started the population in the general area
当某些地区的人口有趋势开始增长时却出现了战争
we call Germany today was 27 million
在今天的德国的,战争开始前的人口是两千七百万
by the end of Thirty Years War it was 9 million
而在30年战争结束时,只有九百万
You know
其实
The key century, the key century for me,
对我来说一个关键的世纪
for most historians would be the 12
就是12世纪
or I'd even say maybe from 1150 to about 1250
或者按我说大概是公元1150年到1250年
This is gonna be the most important period for literature,
这是对于文学来说最重要的一个时期
culture has been on the rise and so it's most important
文化在发展,所以这是最重要的
I want to say a few things about Feudalism
我还想提关于封建主义的几点内容
We might save those for time after next
我们也许还是把它们留到下一次吧
And so for next time no still particular assignment
下一次我们还是没有特别的作业
you really need to get your book
但你们需要看书
Cause I think we'll try rather go ahead of syllabus than behind
因为我们会比之前讲得更加超出大纲内容
Because that if we find something wonderful to do
这样我们可以讲更多有趣的知识
or a film that fits really well, we can always do it
或者看一部合乎时宜的电影
And so, what I think we'll do is next time,
下一次我想
We're gonna see Arthur, his life, and legends this is very good
我们会观看关于亚瑟王一生的电影,那是部好电影
It works perfectly for us so I don't get to say anything
影片有50分钟长,对我们来说刚刚好,我也不需要讲解很多
and then on Monday we're gonna talk a little bit about Feudalism
到了礼拜一,我们会讲更多关于封建主义的内容
We'd probably start reading the first part of White's book
我们大概会开始阅读怀特的书的第一部分
I'll give you a specific assignment next time
下一次我会给你们留一个特别的作业
as far as how many pages
不管多少页
Have a nice day! Be good
最后祝你们过愉快的一天
