Historians are kind of they want to see things in their own way,
历史学家总是喜欢以自己的视角看东西
what's the period we live in now?
我们现在生活在什么时期
Technology?
科技时代吗
In a more general sense?
再宏观一点呢
I mean some people say well if you're speaking,
有些人会说,如果你在讲文学的话
talking about literature post modern, modern's kind of word that we discuss a lot
那就是现代或后现代时期
In general sense, we're living in modern times
反正我们是生活在现代的
What's real old times? Ancient antiquity?
那什么是真正的古代,古迹吗
What's the period between are the middle ages
古代和现代的中间就是中世纪吗
but the way the historians viewed this was you know
但历史学家们其实是这样认为的
they're talking about modern times that started 1800 and forward
他们谈论的是从1800年开始的现代时期
the times we live are modern and great things about antiquity
当下就是现代,有很多伟大古迹的就是古代
So what's this garbage in between?
那中间的玩意儿到底是什么
The Middle Ages
是中世纪
That's the kind of stuff in between
那就是中间的玩意儿
We're gonna end
关于时间区间定位就说到这里
We're gonna end
就说到这里
What's that signal in people's minds the end of the middle ages
在大部分人心中中世纪结束的标志是什么
The Renaissance
是文艺复兴
And the Renaissance word means what comes from French right?
在法语里这个词是什么意思
It means rebirth or what's a southern European manifestations
意味着重生,是欧洲南部的一个说法
So how many of you are Catholics here? so the rest of you are un-Catholics
你们这里有多少人是天主教徒,剩下的就是非天主教徒
So you're all victim of this next question
那么你们都是下一个问题的受害者
What happens in Northern Europe
那时候在欧洲北部发生了什么
which is a representation of the Renaissance?
什么是文艺复兴的代表事件
At the same time?
那时还发生了什么
The Reformation?
改革吗
Yeah the Reformation
是的,是改革
And Luther tact his Ninety-Five Theses on the Schlosskirche in Wittenburg in Wittenberg 1517
路德提出了,1517年的威登堡,路德将九十五条钉于教堂门上
And so kind of a convenient framework for the period we're talking about is 500 to 1500
所以中世纪的跨度可以说是公元500年到1500年
Calling that the Middle Ages
这就是被称之为中世纪的时代