The setting was Northern Italy during the late Middle Ages.

故事发生在中世纪晚期的意大利北部。

The late middle ages were a pivotal moment in European history, explorers were discovering new exotic lands.

中世纪后期是欧洲历史上的一个关键时刻，探险家们发现了新的异国土地。

By the late Middle Ages, several hundred English monasteries of monks and nuns were living according to this rule.

到了中世纪晚期，几百个英国修道院的僧侣和修女都按照这一规则生活。

In the Late Middle Ages, many European countries used colonialism to get richer.

中世纪晚期，许多欧洲国家利用殖民主义致富。

The Crusades and their consequences charted the course of the Late Middle Ages in Europe and its  neighboring regions.

十字军东征及其后果描绘了欧洲及其邻近地区中世纪晚期的进程。

French minstrels of Celtic roots informed foundational models of Renaissance  storytelling in the High and Late Middle Ages.

凯尔特血统的法国吟游诗人为中世纪晚期和文艺复兴时期的故事讲述提供了基础模型。

This is us in the late Middle Ages to now, and this is us now.

这是中世纪晚期到现在的我们，这也是现在的我们。

By the late Middle Ages, most wealthy families had commode stools— wooden boxes with seats and lids.

到中世纪晚期，大多数富裕家庭都有马桶凳——带座和盖的木箱。

We know about two methods that were used for removing ink from parchment in the late middle ages.

我们知道中世纪晚期用于从羊皮纸上去除墨水的两种方法。

After a series of tragedies known as the Crisis  of the Late Middle Ages (including events such as the Great Famine and Black Death) came a period  of explosive social and cultural development.

在一系列被称为中世纪晚期危机（包括大饥荒和黑死病等事件）的悲剧之后，社会和文化迎来了爆炸性发展时期。

By the late Middle Ages, the Hindu-Arabic decimal system mostly replaced Roman numerals and fractions in Europe, but efforts by scholars like John Wilkins to promote standard decimal-based measures were less successful.

到中世纪晚期，印度-阿拉伯十进制系统在欧洲主要取代了罗马数字和分数，但约翰·威尔金斯等学者推广标准十进制度量的努力却不太成功。

King Arthur as we know him is a creation of the later Middle Ages, but his legend actually has its roots in Celtic poetry from an earlier time: the Saxon invasions of Britain.

我们所知道的亚瑟王是中世纪后期的创造，但他的传说实际上源于更早时期的凯尔特诗歌：撒克逊人入侵不列颠。