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In 1153, Henry Plantagenet crossed the Channel. His father, Geoffrey, had already taken Normandy from Stephen, so now it was up to Henry to take England. Faced with an exhausted nation and defecting barons, Stephen caved in. A deal was struck. Stephen would be allowed to die on the throne on condition he named Henry as his heir. Within a year, Stephen was dead and Eleanor and Henry were crowned together at Westminster Abbey, King and Queen of England. When they emerged from the vivats and incense, they were the Frenchspeaking sovereigns of an enormous realm which stretched from the Pyrenees through the vineyards of Gascony, along the codfish run coastal waters of Brittany, then over the Channel to England, along the length and breadth of the country to the Welsh borders and the windy moors of Cumbria and Northumbria. |
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1153 nián, hēng lì èr shì dù guò le yīng jí lì hǎi xiá, tā fù qīn jié fú lǐ yǐ cóng sī dì fēn shǒu zhōng duó qǔ nuò màn dǐ, xiàn zài lún dào hēng lì lái duó huí yīng gé lán, guó lì hào jìn, guì zú pàn táo. miàn lín nèi yōu wài huàn de chǔ jìng, sī dì fēn zhǐ yǒu tóu xiáng. zài xié yì zhōng, sī dì fēn yǒu quán zài sǐ qián bǎo chí wáng wèi, tiáo jiàn shì tā rèn mìng hēng lì wèi jì chéng rén. bú dào yī nián, sī dì fēn jiù sǐ le. āi lì nuò hé hēng lì zài wēi sī mǐn sī tè jiào táng jiā miǎn, chéng wéi yīng gé lán de guó wáng yǔ wáng hòu. zài huān hū hè cǎi, niǎo niǎo fén xiāng zhōng, lái zì fǎ yǔ qū de tā men jiē guǎn le fú yuán liáo kuò de dì guó, zì bì lǐ niú sī shān qǐ, dào jiā sī kē ní de pú táo yuán. yán zhe xuě yú fēng fù de bù liè tǎ ní hǎi yù, kuà guò hǎi xiá zhí dá yīng gé lán, shùn zhe zhěng gè wēi ěr shì biān jiè, yuè guò guǎng mào xiāng cūn, zhǐ yú kǎn bù lǐ yà hé nuò sēn bù lǐ yà duō fēng de yuán yě. |