It's up to date.

研究成果都是最新的
It's also intended to be very inclusive

而且包含的内容非常广泛
in its range and contents.

从时间跨度到内涵
We'll run through from the late fifteenth century to the early

我们将从十五世纪晚期开始
eighteenth century.

到十八世纪早期结束
We'll look at the momentous changes and innovations

我们将会看到
which took place.

发生在那些时代的重大变化与革新
In 1500, England was very much a personal monarchy.

1500年英国还是专制君主制国家
The king really ruled.

国王统治一切
By 1700, it's a constitutional monarchy in which the center of

到1700年它变为君主立宪制国家
political life was a permanently sitting elected parliament

议会成了政治体制的中心
and it's become not simply the Kingdom of England

而且它不单是英格兰王国还是英格兰