【BBC英国史】Conquest帝国征程(3)
Conquest 征服（1000——1087）九个小时的战役（the Battle of Hastings）之后，一切都改变了，诺曼人取代了盎鲁——萨克逊人，英国从此走上另一条道路。当法国人到来时，Harold解除了他哥哥Tostig的武装。他率领他的最后的部队向南冲锋了187英里。最后他在Senlac山上面对着向他冲来的威廉的骑士和弓箭手。1066年的圣诞节那天，威廉登上了英格兰的王位，英国成为诺曼人帝国的一部分，而威廉也成为第一个王。
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Hastings
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201302/201302050448035583228.mp3And in Britain, especially, we like to think there's something about our history, like our climate, our landscape, that's naturally moderate, not much given to earthquakes and revolutions. But there are times and places when history, British history, comes at you with a rush, violent, decisive, bloody - a truckload of trouble knocking you down, wiping out everything that gives you your bearings in the world: law, custom, loyalty and language. And this is one of those places. I know it doesn't look like the site of a national trauma, does it? Especially these days, when it looks more suitable for a county fair than a mass slaughter. But this is the battlefield of Hastings, and here one kind of England was annihilated and another kind of England was set up in its place.特别是在不列颠，我们倾向认为自己的历史向来不乏温和，比如我们的气候与地貌，没有频发的地震或剧烈的地壳运动，但历史上，不列颠的一些地方确有这种时期。排山倒海般的剧变、暴力、果决、血腥与种种，打击与摧毁着给予人们文明举止的一切力量，法律、习俗、忠诚以及语言，这里便是其中之一。我知道这里看上去并不像民族血拼之地，不是吗? 特别是如今，这里更适于乡村赶集，而非大规模杀戮。但这里是黑斯廷斯战役的战场，英格兰的一个时代在此终结，转而开启了另一个时代。
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