他的书最有启发性和娱乐性的地方是在和建造圣彼得大教堂大致重叠的时期。圣彼得大教堂的建造“花了120年的时间，历经20位教皇”。
He is at his most instructive and entertaining in the period that roughly coincides with the construction of Saint Peter's basilica, which "took 120 years and lasted for the lifetime of 20 popes".
这段悲剧时期的主角是罗马天主教会和反罗马教皇统治的新教徒们。
The main figures in this tragic period were the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestants, those who rebelled against papal rule from Rome.
人们普遍认为“God 卧blessyou”这一短语起源于六世纪黑死病泛滥时期，出自罗马教皇格雷戈里之口。 （打喷嚏是这种瘟疫的一种明显征兆）。
" The phrase "God bless you" is attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, who uttered it in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic (sneezing is an obvious symptom of one form of the plague).
在皮乌斯教皇二世决定于1459年决定改变他的出生地的面貌以后，文艺复兴时期的城市设想正是在这个托斯卡纳镇第一次得以付诸实施。
It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace.
在皮乌斯教皇二世决定于1459年决定改变他的出生地的面貌以后，文艺复兴时期的城市设想正是在这个托斯卡纳镇第一次得以付诸实施。
It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace.
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