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Through the 16th and 17th centuries,
整個(gè)十六世紀(jì)與十七世紀(jì)
Protestants and Catholics fought over this land
新教徒與天主教徒一直在爭(zhēng)奪這片土地
in a conflict whose visual scars
斗爭(zhēng)中留下的可見(jiàn)傷疤
can be found in churches across the country.
在全英格蘭的教堂中都能夠找到
There's no more powerful evidence of that than Ely Cathedral.
這傷疤的證據(jù)在伊利座堂中最為顯著
Though later much restored,
盡管后期經(jīng)過(guò)多次整修
Ely remains an exquisite jewel of Gothic architecture.
伊利座堂仍然是哥特式建筑中的一塊精美寶石
Its cavernous nave,
它那空曠巨大的教堂中殿
its ornate carvings that still reflect their medieval colours.
它那仍舊顯現(xiàn)出中世紀(jì)色彩的華麗雕刻
And high above, this extraordinary Octagonal Lantern,
而正上方 這一氣魄非凡的八角形提燈
almost a gateway to heaven itself.
幾乎就是一條指向天堂的通道
But during the great religious schism,
但是在宗教大分裂時(shí)期
the splendour of Ely would fall victim
輝煌的伊利座堂就被英格蘭
to one of England's most infamous Protestant reformers.
最臭名昭著的新教改革家迫害了
On 9 January 1644, Oliver Cromwell,
1644年1月9日 當(dāng)時(shí)的伊利地方長(zhǎng)官
who was then Governor of Ely, marched into this cathedral
奧利弗.克倫威爾長(zhǎng)驅(qū)直入進(jìn)了這座教堂
in what is one of the most mythologised
這是英國(guó)宗教內(nèi)戰(zhàn)中
and probably highly embellished incidents
發(fā)生的一件最具神秘色彩
in the English Religious Civil Wars.
且可能最被粉飾的事件
It's hard to imagine it now
如今已很難想象當(dāng)時(shí)的情景了
because it all feels so tranquil here,
因?yàn)檫@里的一切都感覺(jué)是如此平靜
but the story goes that Cromwell went up to the priest
但據(jù)說(shuō)當(dāng)時(shí)克倫威爾走到那位
who was conducting evening service,
正在主持晚禮拜的牧師面前
told him to put away his version of the prayer book,
命令他把自己的那版祈禱書收起來(lái)
to stop the choir singing
命令唱詩(shī)班停止歌唱
- a kind of "Turn off the music" moment -
這是一種"強(qiáng)迫終止音樂(lè)"的時(shí)刻
and then he either actively encouraged
然后他要么是大肆煽動(dòng)
or at least did nothing to stop his troops turning on the fabric,
要么至少是任憑他的部隊(duì)對(duì)教堂內(nèi)的建筑
and the images and the glass in the place.
畫像以及玻璃器皿進(jìn)行破壞
As they went through the vestry and the cloisters,
在穿過(guò)法衣室和回廊的時(shí)候
what they did was basically smash the place up.
他們所做的基本上就是在摧毀這座建筑
Cromwell's attack was just one assault in a long campaign
克倫威爾的進(jìn)攻只是伊利座堂遭受的
against the images at Ely.
長(zhǎng)期襲擊運(yùn)動(dòng)中的一次
For these reformers, the worship of holy images
對(duì)這些改革家來(lái)說(shuō) 對(duì)圣像的崇拜
was a Catholic superstition,
是一種天主教迷信
a distraction from the pure word of God.
是對(duì)純粹的上帝之言的偏離
The images at Ely had to go.
伊利座堂中的圣像必須消失
And here in the Lady Chapel, there remains evidence of
在圣母堂中 還遺留著另一場(chǎng)事件中
widespread destruction on another occasion.
所發(fā)生浩劫的證據(jù)
