1欧洲文化入门名词解释51:1.PaxRomana:IntheRomanhistory,therecametwohundredyearsofpeacefultime,whichwasguaranteed(保证)bytheRomanlegions,itwasknownasPaxRomana2.TheNewTestament名词解释TheBiblewasdividedintotwosections:theOldTestamentandtheNewTestament.TheNewTestamentisaboutthedoctrine(教义)ofJesusChrist.Theword“Testament”means“agreement”,theagreementbetweenGodandMan.3.Pentateuch名词解释:TheOldTestamentconsistsof39books,theoldestandmostimportantofwhicharethefirstfivebooks,calledPentateuch.Pentateuchcontainsfivebooks:Genesis(创世记),Exodus(出埃及记),Leviticus(教义记),Numbers(逃亡记),Deuteronomy(摩西遗言记)。4.Genesis名词解释GenesisisoneofthefivebooksinPentateuch,ittellsaboutareligiousaccount(描述)oftheoriginoftheHebrewspeople,includingtheoriginoftheworldandofman,thecareer(经历)ofIssacandthelifeofJacobandhissonJoseph.5.TheHistoricalBookswasdividedintosevensections:①BooksofJoshua②BooksofJudges③BooksofSamuel④BooksofKings⑤BooksoftheChronicles⑥BooksofEzra⑦BooksofNehemiah.6.theMiddleages名词解释InEuropeanhistory,thethousand-yearperiodfollowingthefalloftheWesternRomanEmpireinthefifthcenturyiscalledtheMiddleAges.Themiddleagesissocalledbecauseitcamebetweenancienttimesandmoderntimes.Tobespecific(具体说来),fromthe5thcenturyto15thcentury.Thetransitional(过渡时期)periodiscalledthemiddleages,betweenancienttimesandmoderntimes.7.Feudalism名词解释FeudalisminEuropewasmainlyasystemoflandholding(土地所有)—asystemofholdinglandinexchangeformilitaryservice(军事力量)。Theword“feudalism”wasderived(来源)fromtheLatin“feudum”,agrant(许可的)ofland.8.codeofchivalry(骑士制度)名词解释Asaknight,hewerepledgedtoprotecttheweak,tofightforthechurch,tobeloyaltohislordandtorespectwomenofnoblebirth.Theseruleswereknownascodeofchivalry,fromwhichthewesternideaofgoodmannersdeveloped.9.Gothic名词解释①TheGothicstylestartedinFranceandquicklyspreadthroughallpartsofWesternEurope.②Itlastedfromthemid-12thtotheendof15thcenturyand,insomeareas,intothe16th.Morechurcheswerebuiltinthismannerthaninanyotherstyleinhistory.③TheGothicwasanoutgrowth(丰富与发展)oftheRomanesque.(罗马式)10.TheCanterburyTales:①TheCanterburyTaleswaswrittenbyChaucer.②ChaucerintroducedFrenchandItalywritingtheEnglishnativealliterativeverse.(压头韵)③BothChaucerandTheCanterburyTalesarethebestrepresentativeofthemiddleEngliRenaissance名词解释211.文艺复兴Generallyspeaking,Renaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcentury.Theword“Renaissance”meansrevival(复兴),specificallyinthisperiodofhistory,revivalofinterestinancientGreekandRomanculture.Renaissance,inessence(从实质上讲),wasahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattempts(试图)togetridofconservatism(保守主义思想)infeudalistEuropeandintroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie(资产阶级),tolifttherestrictions(禁忌)inallareasplacedbytheRomanchurchauthorities.(权利威信)Generallyspeaking,Renaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcentury.RenaissancestartedinFlorenceandVenicewiththefloweringofpaintings,sculpture(雕塑)andarchitecture.最早开始于paintingFlorencewasthegoldencitywhichgavegirthtoawholegenerationofpoets,scholars,artistsandsculptors(雕塑家)。12.RenaissanceArt名词解释Aradical(根本的)breakwithmedieval(中古的)methodsofrepresentingthevisible(可见的)worldoccurred(发生)inItalyduringthesecondhalfofthe13thcentury.Itwasnotuntiltheseconddecade(十年)ofthe15thcenturythattherewasadecidedbreakwiththemedievalpictorialtradition(田园式风格)。13.Reformation名词解释TheReformationwasa16thcenturyreligiousmovementaswellas(同时)asocio-political(社会政治)movement.ItbeganasMartinLutherpostedonthedoorofthecastlechurchattheUniversityofWittenberg(机智)his95thesis(论题)。Thismovementwhichsweptover(席卷了)thewholeofEuropewasaimedatopposing(反对)theabsoluteauthority(权威)oftheRomanCatholicChurchandreplacing(代替)itwiththeabsoluteauthorityoftheBible.Thereformists(改革者)engaged(使用)themselvesintranslatingtheBibleintotheirmothertongues.宗教改革的实质是:反对罗马天主教,直接形式是用母语翻译圣经14.Calvinism名词解释CalvinismwasestablishedbyCalvinintheperiodofRenaissance.Presbyteriangovernment(长老会)。OnlythosespeciallyelectedbyGodcanbesaved(上帝的选民).Thisbeliefservessowelltohelptherisingbourgeoisieonitspath(有助于资本主义的兴起)。15.Counter-Reformation(反宗教改革)名词解释Bylate1520theRomanCatholicChurchhadlostitscontroloverthechurchinGermany.TheRomanCatholicChurchdidnotstayidle(坐以待毙)。Theymustered(召集)theirforces,thededicated(专用的)Catholicgroups,toexaminetheChurchinstitutionsandintroducereformsandimprovements(改良),tobringbackitsvitality(活力)。ThisrecoveryofpowerisoftencalledbyhistorianstheCounter-Reformation.16.thelawsofgravitation(万有引力的内容):thesun,themoon,theearth,theplanets,andalltheotherbodies(天体)intheuniversemoveinaccordancewiththesamebasicforce,whichiscallgravitation.17.演绎方法Inductivemethod名词解释InductivemethodwasestablishedbyFrancisBaconin17thcentury.Inductionmeansreasoning(推理)fromparticularfactsorindividualcasestoageneralconclusion.(从特殊推一般)。InductionwasputoveragainstDeductivemethod.18、洛克Allourideasareultimately(最后)derivedfromsensation(感受)orfromreflection(反思)andthesetwomakeupexperienceandallourknowledgespringsfromexperienceaswell.19.认知论TheoryofKnowledge名词解释简答Descartesemployed(使用)methodicdoubt(置疑方法论)withaviewtodiscoveringwhethertherewasanyindubitable(不容置疑的)truth.Idoubt,theref