was still exceptional in the countryside

在乡村不太常见
and I emphasize that because

我强调这一点是因为
that's something that was going to change,

接下来这个现象会发生变化
as we'll see, in the course of the sixteenth century.

十六世纪相关的课程就会讲到这一点
What about the towns then?

那城市的情况又是怎样的呢
The townspeople as I've said were very much a minority

我所说的城镇居民其实是很少一部分人
but they were a very significant minority.

但是他们很重要的一小部分人
The towns ranged from tiny market towns which

有些镇子只有开市的那天才熙熙嚷嚷
came alive on market day to what were

勉强算是城镇再到人口数量超过五千人
considered the great cities with populations of above 5,000

被公认为大城市的城镇
-- and the one truly significant city,

而真正意义上的城市--伦敦
the city of London down here in the southeast with a population

位于这里的东南方在十六世纪初期