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By the year 1000,
直到公元1000年
We're gonna give I figure the thousand
我們要注意這個1000年
I promise you by the year 1000 so soon thereafter
我向你保證在公元1000年左右
the entity that we call Europe had been brought into existence
所謂的"歐羅巴" 這個概念才開始被確立
11th century see an acceleration of change and Pounds arise
11世紀有了越來越多的變化
What's gonna lead to, when I had medieval history in college,
這之后的故事,我在大學的中世紀史里讀到
we had about 4 or 5 readers beyond our main textbook
那時大概有4 5個超出了我們主要教科書的閱讀材料
And one was on the medieval town
其中有一個是關于中世紀的城鎮的
And one of the things that is going to lead to the demise
那里涉及一個導致帝國幻滅的因素
Courtly literature is of that all of a sudden that
根據文學記載就是
towns take over the economic leadership
城鎮中出現了經濟型的領導能力
and so the reason for the nobility to exist is not as strong as it was
導致了貴族的存在感沒有之前那么強烈
Population grew so society has to be fairly well off
人口增長,生活水平提高
for population to grow
使得人口得以進一步增長
And it grows in Europe from the year 1000 to 1300
歐洲的人口在公元1000年到1300年持續增長
And then doesn't grow again until 1800
但是直到1800年卻一直沒有再繼續增長
Think about that
想想為什么
I think it was a British historian who said we need wars, and plagues,
我記得有一位英國歷史學家說過
and stuff to control population
我們需要戰爭瘟疫這一類災禍來控制人口
The Thirty Years War in Europe
歐洲的30年戰爭
which started off as a religious war 1513- 1548
從1513年到1548年的宗教戰爭開始
When it started the population in the general area
當某些地區的人口有趨勢開始增長時卻出現了戰爭
we call Germany today was 27 million
在今天的德國的,戰爭開始前的人口是兩千七百萬
by the end of Thirty Years War it was 9 million
而在30年戰爭結束時,只有九百萬
You know
其實
The key century, the key century for me,
對我來說一個關鍵的世紀
for most historians would be the 12
就是12世紀
or I'd even say maybe from 1150 to about 1250
或者按我說大概是公元1150年到1250年
This is gonna be the most important period for literature,
這是對于文學來說最重要的一個時期
culture has been on the rise and so it's most important
文化在發展,所以這是最重要的
I want to say a few things about Feudalism
我還想提關于封建主義的幾點內容
We might save those for time after next
我們也許還是把它們留到下一次吧
And so for next time no still particular assignment
下一次我們還是沒有特別的作業
you really need to get your book
但你們需要看書
Cause I think we'll try rather go ahead of syllabus than behind
因為我們會比之前講得更加超出大綱內容
Because that if we find something wonderful to do
這樣我們可以講更多有趣的知識
or a film that fits really well, we can always do it
或者看一部合乎時宜的電影
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
我們會觀看關于亞瑟王一生的電影,那是部好電影
It works perfectly for us so I don't get to say anything
影片有50分鐘長,對我們來說剛剛好,我也不需要講解很多
and then on Monday we're gonna talk a little bit about Feudalism
到了禮拜一,我們會講更多關于封建主義的內容
We'd probably start reading the first part of White's book
我們大概會開始閱讀懷特的書的第一部分
I'll give you a specific assignment next time
下一次我會給你們留一個特別的作業
as far as how many pages
不管多少頁
Have a nice day! Be good
最后祝你們過愉快的一天
