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Henry' s great gift to the nation was more than just a fine new church. Across the way, its secular counterpart was the great hall of the Palace of Westminster. The palace was both the seat of government and a residence for Henry who, unlike his Angevin ancestors, didn' t much like being in the saddle. And the hall was a court in both the senses the word suggests a place of judgement and a theatre of ceremony. At Westminster, the King had to be seen to be magnificent, but the King had also to be seen to be just. Westminster may have been the creation of the monarchy, but it also belonged to England a nation of laws, the nation of Magna Carta. |
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hēng lì duì guó jiā de gòng xiàn, bù jǐn jǐn shì quán xīn de dà jiào táng. jiào táng duì miàn shì qí shì sú de duì děng wù, wēi sī mǐn sī tè gōng de dà tīng. zhè zuò gōng diàn tóng shí chōng dāng zhe zhèng fǔ bàn gōng tīng yǔ hēng lì wáng de zhù suǒ, yǔ jīn què huā wáng cháo de xiān wáng men bù tóng, hēng lì wáng bù shì ān yì. zhè zuò dà tīng de gōng néng qià rú qí chēng wèi, court jì yǒu fǎ tíng zhī yì, yě yǒu gōng tíng zhī yì, jì shì shěn pàn tíng, yòu shì lǐ táng. zài wēi sī mǐn sī tè, guó wáng de xíng xiàng bì xū wēi yán xióng wěi, tóng shí hái bì xū zhèng yì lǐn rán. wēi sī mǐn sī tè suàn de shàng shì jūn zhǔ zhì de chǎn, dàn tā tóng shí shǔ yú yīng gé lán, yí gè fǎ zhì guó jiā, dà xiàn zhāng zhī guó. |