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AngloSaxon England was no stranger to invasions. Viking raids had been part of life for a century, but since the days of Alfred the Great, it was a country stable enough to be able to soak them up. The longboats came and went, but still the king' s law ran shires. His churches and abbeys were built more beautifully than ever, and a town that would one day be called London was beginning to grow and prosper on the banks of the Thames. And then one invasion succeeded where the others had failed, and there was a Viking on the throne. His name was Canute, the man we remember for trying to hold back the tides. And while he turned AngloSaxon England into part of his vast maritime empire, he went out of his way to change nothing. |
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duì yú qīn lüè, àng gé lǔ sā kè xùn yīng gé lán bìng bù mò shēng. wéi jīng hǎi dào de jié lüè yǐ róng rù qí shēng huó cháng dá yí gè shì jì, dàn zì cóng ā ěr fú léi dé dà dì shí dài zhī hòu, duì zhè zú gòu wěn dìng de guó jiā ér yán, zhèi xiē yǐ wú guān tòng yǎng. wéi jīng zhàn chuán shí shí lái fàn, què wèi néng dòng yáo wáng lìng yú quán guó de wēi xìn, guó wáng de jiào táng hé xiū dào yuàn jiàn dé bǐ wǎng rì gèng jiā měi lì. yí gè rì hòu bèi chēng wéi lún dūn de xiǎo zhèn, yě kāi shǐ zài tài wù shì hé pàn xīng shèng fán róng qǐ lái. zài bù duàn rù qīn shī bài hòu, zhōng yú yíng lái le yī cì chéng gōng. yí gè wéi jīng hǎi dào dēng shàng le wáng wèi, tā míng jiào kǎ niǔ tè kǎ niǔ tè dà dì 995 1035 yīng gé lán dān mài nuó wēi jí bù fèn ruì diǎn de wéi jīng guó wáng, zài rén men de yìn xiàng zhōng tā shì yí gè néng lì wǎn kuáng lán de rén, jǐn guǎn tā jiāng àng gé lǔ sā kè xùn rén de yīng gé lán, biàn chéng le tā páng dà hǎi yáng dì guó de yī bù fen, dàn tā bìng méi yǒu kè yì qù gǎi biàn shén me. |