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Alfred' s grandson would be crowned the first King of England in a great Romanstyle coronation. And where did this momentous event happen? Where else but Bath? Well, we shouldn' t get ahead of ourselves. England has been conceived, not yet born. And to the north, Pictland has even further to go before it' s recognisably a kingdom of Scotland. But for a generation or two it did look as though the grafting of AngloSaxon culture onto the enduring legacy of Roman Britain had produced an extraordinary flowering. But the shoots were still green, the buds were tender and vulnerable, and before this new kingdom had a chance to mature, it would be cut down by the devastating blow of an invader' s axe. |
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ā ěr fú léi dé de sūn zi shì dì yí gè yǐ luó mǎ yí shì jiā miǎn de yīng gé lán guó wáng, rú cǐ shèng shì, dìng shì yào xuǎn zài bā sī jǔ xíng. zhè yī qiè huò xǔ shàng yán zhī guò zǎo, cǐ shí de yīng gé lán réng zài yùn yù, shàng wèi dàn shēng. ér běi fāng de pí kè tè zé yào jīng lì gèng màn cháng de guò chéng, sū gé lán wáng guó cái huì chū jiàn chú xíng. zài dāng shí de nà yī liǎng dài rén kàn lái, luó mǎ bù liè diān yí liú xià lái de bù xiǔ yí chǎn, fǎng fú zhèng bǔ yù zhe àng gé lǔ sā kè xùn wén míng chōu zhī méng yá, bù rì jiāng chéng wéi qí pā, dàn zhī yá shàng qiě jiāo nèn, bèi lěi réng jiù cuì ruò. ér zhè gè xīn xīng de wáng guó hái wèi jí fā zhǎn chéng shú biàn jiāng chè dǐ yāo zhé zài rù qīn zhě de zhàn fǔ zhī xià. |