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The times invited her to act. Margaret stepped onto the political stage as the country stood on the brink of civil war. After years without royal leadership, English politics was in the grip of a destructive rivalry between the two most powerful nobles in England. This was the beginning of what would become known thanks to Shakespeare, and later art and literature as the Wars of the Roses. Margaret watched as the nobles divided. On one side was the Duke of York, the King' s cousin, who claimed to speak for the good of the whole country. On the other was the Duke of Somerset, who acted for the House of Lancaster, the line from which Henry descended. Both claimed the right to rule in the King' s absence. And now their rivalry threatened to spill onto the battlefield. It was amid this tension and fear that Margaret made her bid to rule. |
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zhè yī qiè shì shí shì cù chéng de, mǎ gé lì tè yī jiǎo mài jìn zhè gè zhèng zhì wǔ tái shí, zhè gè guó jiā zhèng chǔ zài nèi zhàn bào fā de biān yuán. jīng lì le duō nián méi yǒu huáng dì lǐng dǎo de shí dài, xiàn zài yīng guó de zhèng quán zhǎng wò zài liǎng gè sǐ duì tóu shǒu zhōng, tā men shì yīng gé lán zuì yǒu quán shì de liǎng dà guì zú. guī gōng yú shā shì bǐ yà jí hòu lái wén xué yì shù rùn sè, zhè biàn shì hòu lái bèi rén men guǎng wéi chuán chàng de méi guī zhàn zhēng de kāi shǐ. mǎ gé lì tè yǎn kàn zhe guì zú jiān fēn bēng lí xī, yī biān shì guó wáng de táng dì, yuē kè gōng jué. tā shēng chēng, yào wèi zhěng gè guó jiā de lì yì ér fèn dòu. yī biān shì sà mó sài tè gōng jué, tā shì lán kāi sī tè jī zǔ de dài biǎo, gēn hēng lì yī mài xiāng chéng. shuāng fāng dōu shēng chēng, dāng guó wáng bù shì shí, zì jǐ yǒu quán lì tǒng zhì wáng guó, xiàn zài tā men jiān de dòu zhēng yǐ jīng kuò dà dào le zhàn chǎng shàng. zhèng shì zài zhè jǐn zhāng yǔ bù ān de fēn wéi zhōng, mǎ gé lì tè kāi shǐ zhēng qǔ zì jǐ tǒng zhì yīng gé lán. |