Nobody sought or planned for freedom, but in the spaces that were left by the endless conflicts among secular rulers and between them and the Church, there was room for freedom to grow.

人们并没有刻意追求自由,但是在无尽的世俗冲突中,在君王与宗教的斗争中,自由得以在狭小的空间滋养生长

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