There'd been a church here at Bradwell-on-Sea for over 200 years.
在海濱布拉德韋爾 坐落著一間擁有二百余年歷史的教堂
It was originally built on the remains of an old Roman fort.
最初建在羅馬堡壘的殘骸之上
And I can't help thinking the priests would have found those stone defences reassuring
我不禁想到 當牧師們在惶恐中等待隨時可能破門而入
as they waited nervously for the Viking raids that they knew could strike hard and fierce at any moment.
殘暴劫掠的維京海盜時 這些石筑的防御工事應該會帶來一絲安慰
In addition to land, Vikings were keen on another kind of merchandise.
除土地外 讓維京人垂涎的還有一樣
people whom they sold as slaves.
人 可作為奴隸被販賣的人
A thousand slaves were taken from Armagh in one raid alone.
在阿瑪?shù)囊淮谓俾有袆? 就能捕獲千余奴隸
A burial dated 879 contained a Viking warrior with his sword,
879年一位維京勇士的葬禮 陪葬的除了他的劍
two ritually murdered slave girls and the bones of hundreds of men, women and children,
還有兩名在葬禮上殺掉的女奴 以及上百男女和孩子的尸骨
his very own body count,to take with him to Valhalla.
作為他的殉葬品 護送他進入英靈殿
On the positive side, there was one thing that the Vikings did manage to do, however inadvertently.They created England.
從積極方面看 有一件事情 是維京人促成的 雖然這并非他們本意 他們成就了英格蘭
By smashing the power of most of the Saxon kingdoms,the Vikings accomplished what, left to themselves,
撒克遜諸王國逐個潰散 維京人成功地促使這些相互敵對的部落
the warring tribes could never have managed some semblance of alliance against a common foe.
作出了他們自己本永不會做出的決定 建立一個聯(lián)盟來抵御共同的敵人