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If the truth be told, the average citizen was sick and tired of anarchy and disorder. He did not care who ruled him pro vided the new master gave him a chance to live quietly and without the noise of eternal street riots. Octavian assured his subject
No, the progress of the last six hundred years would not have been possible without the existence of cities. 不过,如果不是因为城市的存在,过去六百年来的进步将是完全不可能的。 I shall, therefore, have to make this cha
The mediaeval knight was a country squire and was rarely forced to pay for materials in money. 中世纪的骑士同时也是拥有田产的乡绅,少有出现必须付钱购买某种物品的情形。 His estates produced everything that he and hi
That was dangerous business for the borrower. 这对借钱的人来说是一笔很危险的交易。 In the end, the Lombards invariably owned the estates and the Knight became a bankrupt, 最终,总是伦巴德人占有了庄园,而骑士却破产
Suppose that we let him have a hundred ducats and that he give us in return a written guarantee allowing us to fish all we want in all of his rivers. 如果我们借给他100元,作为回报,他给我们签署一张允许我们随意在他拥有的
Under these circumstances, the noble knight could not well show the rage which filled his heart and his proud soul. 这种情形下,公爵大人不得不极力克制义愤填膺的冲天怒火,免得不小心流露出来。 Instead, he suggested
Meanwhile the German chieftain, the Frankish Baron, the Northman Duke (or whatever their names and titles) 同时,那些日尔曼酋长、法兰克男爵或诺曼底大公们(或者是别的什么头衔和称号的贵族), occupied their shar
The first Crusade, a wild mob of honest Christians, defaulting bankrupts, penniless noblemen and fugitives from justice, 第一支十字军是由诚实的基督徒、无力履行义务的破产者、穷困潦倒的没落贵族以及逃避法庭制裁的
But please do not be too sentimental about the good old days. 我想提醒你们,千万不要对所谓古老的好时光抱有过多的感伤之情。 Many people who only see the beautiful churches and the great works of art which the Middle Ages
In due time he learned that he could use this guttural noise to warn his fellow beings whenever danger threatened and he gave certain little shrieks which came to mean there is a tiger! or here come five elephants. 日子长了,他突然意识到,可
Chapter 4 第四章 Hieroglyphics 象形文字 These earliest ancestors of ours who lived in the great European wilderness were rapidly learning many new things. 我们这些最早的祖先生活在欧洲的荒野上,他们迅速学习着许多新事
Without written documents we would be like cats and dogs, who can only teach their kittens and their puppies a few simple things 如果没有文字记录的文献,人类便会像猫狗一样。猫狗只能教下一代一些简单的东西, and wh
Pepin was sincerely grateful for this kindness on the part of the church. 丕平对教会的善意扶持表示衷心的感激。 He made two expeditions to Italy to defend the Pope against his enemies. 他两次远征意大利,与教皇的敌人作战
This led to more warfare. 这当然引发了更多的争端。 Conrad V, the son of Conrad IV, and the last of the Hohenstaufens, tried to regain the kingdom, and was defeated and decapitated at Naples. 霍亨施陶芬家族的最后一位继承人,康
Chapter 32 Chivalry 第三十二章 骑士精神 It was quite natural that the professional fighting-men of the Middle Ages should try to establish some sort of organisation for their mutual benefit and protection. 欧洲中世纪的职业战士会尝试
It was never easy to give the correct answer. 给出正确的答案真是挺困难的。 When the Emperor happened to be a man of energy and was sufficiently well provided with money to organise an army, 有时皇帝碰巧是位精力充沛的政治强
In the year 1059 this had been changed. 不过到公元1059年,情况发生了变化。 By a decree of Pope Nicholas II the principal priests and deacons of the churches in and around Rome were organised into the so-called College of Cardinals, 根据
In the year 402 the Emperor fled to Ravenna, which was a sea-port and strongly fortified, 公元402年,西罗马皇帝逃往拉维纳。 and there, in the year 475, Odoacer, commander of a regiment of the German mercenaries, 这里是一座海港,城
When the first disciples of Jesus reached Rome and began to preach their new doctrine of a universal brotherhood of man, nobody objected. 当第一批基督耶稣的信徒们抵达罗马,开始宣讲他们爱人如己,人人都是兄弟的新信仰
A few years before, Zoea?, the daughter of his brother Thomas, had married Ivan III of Russia. 几年前,帕利奥洛格的兄长托马斯之女左伊公主嫁给俄罗斯的伊凡三世为妻。 In this way did the grand-dukes of Moscow fall heir