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But with Canute's death in 1035 began a chain of events that would culminate in the one invasion
1035年 卡紐特的死引發了一系列事件 并最終以一次入侵而告終
that Anglo-Saxon England would be unable to swallow.And what a saga it was.
盎格魯撒克遜英格蘭是無法被吞并的 多么氣勢磅礴的英雄史詩啊
It started with a bloody and unsparing fight for Canute's throne amongst the surviving elite.
一切始于精英階級為爭奪王位而展開的一場 血腥而殘酷的戰爭
Treachery, murder and mutilation were par for the course.
背叛 謀殺和殘害成為了常態
The last man standing with any kind of claim to the throne was a descendant of Alfred the Great,a prince of the Saxon royal house.
而佇立到最后 奪得王位的 是阿爾弗雷德大帝的后裔 一位撒克遜王室家族的王子
He was called Edward.He would become forever known as The Confessor.
他名叫愛德華 后以"懺悔者"而聞名于后世
He was crowned on Easter Day, 1043.
他在1043年的復活節加冕
But he inherited more than just the crown.
但他繼承的不僅僅是這頂王冠
He also got Earl Godwine, in no mood to lose power just because there was a new king.
還有不想因新王上位 而失去棄權力的戈德溫伯爵
But unlike Canute, Edward had good reason to hate the right-hand man forced on him,
但和卡紐特不一樣 愛德華有充分的理由 憎恨這位得力卻無法擺脫之人
for Godwine had arranged his older brother's murder.
因為戈德溫策劃謀殺了愛德華的哥哥
But there was nothing he could do about his bloodstained rival,not yet anyway.
但他卻不能懲治這位雙手沾滿血腥的政敵 至少現在不能
King Edward knew that Godwine held the keys to the kingdom.
愛德華國王知道戈德溫手中握有實權
When Godwine offered Edward his daughter in marriage,what could he do but take her?
當戈德溫提出把女兒嫁給愛德華時 除了答應以外 他還能怎么辦呢
Godwine was not Edward's only problem.
戈德溫并不是愛德華面對的唯一難題
He also got to learn how to govern a country he knew little about,
他還得學著治理一個對其知之甚少的國家
for he'd grown up in exile in a very different world across the English Channel in Normandy.
因為他成長于流放地 一個截然不同的世界 英吉利海峽對岸的諾曼底
