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800年前，玛蒂尔达差点儿就依靠自己的顺位继承权成为英格兰历史上第一位女王！玛蒂尔达如何抵达了权力的巅峰，却又功亏一篑，与王位失之交臂？她的儿媳阿基坦的埃莉诺（法王路易七世之妻，后嫁英王亨利二世）同样是一个令人生畏的强悍女性。虽然埃莉诺以中世纪的古典骑士之爱被后人所铭记，但是，在她漫长的一生中，她先后嫁了两个国王，唯一的后果就是引起了一场叛乱...她最终在70高龄问鼎权力之巅！
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❤ HINTS:
Matilda
Normandy
Argentan
Malmesbury
William
Stephen
全英拼法，听写以音频为主
And as soon as the news of her father's death reached her, Matilda made her first move in becoming Queen. She rode north to seize control of Argentan, an important fortress that was crucial to the rule of Normandy. But then she went no further. She discovered she was pregnant.
It's impossible to know what was going through Matilda's mind stuck out here at Argentan. The chronicler, William of Malmesbury, says only that she failed to return to England for "certain reasons", which at a distance of almost 900 years is maddeningly opaque. Maybe her pregnancy had made her ill or maybe she believed the nobles would simply rally to her cause. What we do know is that while Matilda hesitated it was her cousin Stephen who seized the moment. | 
发表于 2016-8-2 13:33:29