刘明翰,1932年出生于黑龙江省中苏边境的绥芬河市,祖籍山东省龙口市。1954年毕业于东北师范大学世界中世纪史研究生班,师从郭守田先生。曾先后任教于东北师范大学、山东大学、中国青年政治学院、湖南师范大学等院校,现为北京师范大学历史学院特聘教授。刘先生一生兢兢业业,致力于世界中世纪史尤其是世界文化史、思想史等领域的教学和研究工作,至今已六十余载。他曾几十年如一日地为学生讲授世界通史、欧洲文艺复兴史、欧洲宗教改革史等数十门课程;独撰 Liu Minghan, born in 1932 in the Suifenhe city of Heilongjiang Province on the Sino-Soviet border, is native of Longkou, Shandong Province. 1954 graduated from the Northeast Normal University World Middle School history class, under the guidance of Mr. Guo Shoudun. Has taught at Northeast Normal University, Shandong University, China Youth Political College, Hunan Normal University and other institutions, is now the Beijing Normal University College of history professor. Liu has dedicated himself to teaching and research in the fields of the world medieval history, especially the world cultural history and ideological history, for over 60 years. He has taught students decades-long courses in general history of the world, the history of European Renaissance, and the history of European religious reform;