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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
Oxford
Gesta Stephani
全英拼法，听写以音频为主
Matilda's escape from Oxford is the most famous, the most daring and certainly the bravest moment of her life. In the cold and dark, with a body guard of just three trusted soldiers, she left Oxford Castle by a small side gate. Wrapped in white cloaks as camouflage against the snow, they walked silently across the frozen river. An army surrounded the castle but no-one saw them pass. They trudged seven miles through the drifting snow before they found horses to carry them to safety.
It was a courageous escape by anyone's standards and even the Gesta Stephani remarked on Matilda's extraordinary tenacity.
"Never have I read of another woman so luckily rescued from so many mortal foes and from the threat of dangers so great." | 
发表于 2016-8-2 13:35:22