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He could back his younger brother Tostig against the rebels, but that might create a civil war. Or he could forget about blood ties and support Tostig' s enemies. In return, they might just feel grateful enough to offer him their crucial support, when the time came for him to make his bid for the English throne. In the end, Harold put ambition before brotherly love. He threw out Tostig and replaced him with the Earl Morcar. Harold had broken Godwine clan solidarity and turned his own brother into a mortal enemy. It was this merciless war of brothers which in the end cost Harold his throne and his life. More than anything else, it was the cause of the death of AngloSaxon England. |
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ruò zhī chí dì di tuō sī tí gē yǔ fǎn kàng guì zú wèi dí, jiù huì yǐn fā yī chǎng nèi zhàn. ruò bù gù xuè ròu zhī qíng, zhī chí tuō sī tí gē de dí rén, guì zú men kě néng huì gǎn ēn yú xīn. zài tā zhǔn bèi duó xià wáng wèi de shí hòu, huí bào tā yǐ zhì guān zhòng yào de zhī chí. zuì zhōng, hā luó dé de yě xīn zhàn shèng le shǒu zú zhī qíng. tā rēng xià le tuō sī tí gē, ràng mò kǎ bó jué dài tì le tā. hā luó dé pò huài le gē dé wēn jiā zú de tuán jié, jiāng qīn dì di biàn chéng le zì jǐ de sǐ dí, zhèng shì xiōng dì jiān wú qíng de zhàn zhēng, ràng hā luó dé zuì zhōng péi le wáng wèi, gèng diū le xìng mìng. gèng zhòng yào de shì, zhè yě chéng wéi le àng gé lǔ sā kè xùn yīng gé lán xiāo wáng de yuán yīn. |