由四五世纪至十五世纪间的所谓西洋中古史对於一般易知欧洲古今大势的人仍是一团漆黑或不解之谜。“中古”一词的不妥对於这点要负不少的责任。“中古”或“中世纪”是十五世纪意大利人文主义者所创的名词。那时他们对於过去希腊罗马的文艺研究日深,推崇日高,因而觉得(最少自己 The so-called Middle Ages Medieval from the 15th to the 15th centuries remains a mystery or mystery to those who are generally easy to see the general trend in Europe. The term “Middle Ancient” is not appropriate for this point to bear a lot of responsibility. Medieval or Medieval is the term invented by Italian humanists in the fifteenth century. At that time they were praised for the literary studies of the past Greco-Roman skies, therefore, feel (at least