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中古时期英国8 - 英语听力

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In 1153, Henry Plantagenet crossed the Channel. Hi...
In 1153, Henry Plantagenet crossed the Channel. His father, Geoffrey, had already taken Normandy from Stephen, so now it was up to Henry to take England. Faced with an exhausted nation and defecting barons, Stephen caved in. A deal was struck. Stephen would be allowed to die on the throne on condition he named Henry as his heir. Within a year, Stephen was dead and Eleanor and Henry were crowned together at Westminster Abbey, King and Queen of England. When they emerged from the vivats and incense, they were the French-speaking sovereigns of an enormous realm which stretched from the Pyrenees through the vineyards of Gascony, along the cod-fish run coastal waters of Brittany, then over the Channel to England, along the length and breadth of the country to the Welsh borders and the windy moors of Cumbria and Northumbria.


1153年,亨利二世渡过了英吉利海峡,他父亲杰弗里已从斯蒂芬手中夺取诺曼底,现在轮到亨利来夺回英格兰,国力耗尽,贵族叛逃。面临内忧外患的处境,斯蒂芬只有投降。在协议中,斯蒂芬有权在死前保持王位,条件是他任命亨利为继承人。不到一年,斯蒂芬就死了。埃莉诺和亨利在威斯敏斯特教堂加冕,成为英格兰的国王与王后。在欢呼喝彩,袅袅焚香中,来自法语区的他们接管了幅员辽阔的帝国,自庇里牛斯山起,到加斯科尼的葡萄园。沿着鳕鱼丰富的布列塔尼海域,跨过海峡直达英格兰,顺着整个威尔士边界,越过广袤乡村,止于坎布里亚和诺森布里亚多风的原野。
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