……中世纪并不像通常描绘得那么黑暗，我建议读读 Jean Gimpel 的《The Medieval Machine》（肯·福莱特写《神圣殿堂》时大量参考了此书）以及 David Landes 的《A Revolution in Time》。
…the middle ages were not as dark as usually portrayed, I recommend reading Jean Gimpel's The Medieval Machine (whom Ken Follett relied on extensively for "The Pillars of the Earth") and David Landes' A Revolution in Time.
David Landes 写的《Revolution in Time》据说（我还没读过，虽然它在我书单里放了挺久的）探讨过这个，以及计时是如何从根本上改变了生活和文明。
Revolution in Time by David Landes supposedly (I haven't read it, though it's been on my list for a while) touches on this, and how timekeeping fundamentally changed life and civilization.
……中世纪并不像通常描绘得那么黑暗，我建议读读 Jean Gimpel 的《The Medieval Machine》（肯·福莱特写《神圣殿堂》时大量参考了此书）以及 David Landes 的《A Revolution in Time》。
…the middle ages were not as dark as usually portrayed, I recommend reading Jean Gimpel's The Medieval Machine (whom Ken Follett relied on extensively for "The Pillars of the Earth") and David Landes' A Revolution in Time.
David Landes 写的《Revolution in Time》据说（我还没读过，虽然它在我书单里放了挺久的）探讨过这个，以及计时是如何从根本上改变了生活和文明。
Revolution in Time by David Landes supposedly (I haven't read it, though it's been on my list for a while) touches on this, and how timekeeping fundamentally changed life and civilization.