The king who commissioned the Susannah Crystal was descended from one of the great figures of medieval Europe-Charlemagne.

下令制作苏撒拿水晶的王，是中世纪欧洲赫赫有名的查理曼大的后代。

In the early 800s, the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne decreed that every cathedral and monastery in his kingdom should have a hospital attached.

8世纪初，神圣罗马皇查理大下令他的王里每个大教堂和修道院都应附设一所医院。

And the Byzantines do in the East what Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, and his sons are all doing in the West.

拜占庭东方所做的，正是查理曼大、虔诚的路易斯及其子嗣们西方所为。

Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, and William the Conqueror, among many others, were either baptized or coronated on December 25.

查理曼大，阿尔弗雷德大，征服者威廉都12月25日接受洗礼或加冕。

And shortly thereafter, the Emperor Charlemagne, who understood the importance of writing, even though he himself was mostly illiterate, promoted the adoption of a unified, easier-to-read script called the Carolingian Miniscule, what we know today as lowercase letters.

此后不久，查理曼大，理书写的重要性，尽管他自己几乎不识字，但他推广采用了一种统一的、更易读的字体，称为加洛林小写字体，也就是我们今天所知的小写字母。

This was the largest state that western Europe had seen since the disintegration of the Roman Empire, and the stability and prosperity of Charlemagne's empire allowed a great flourishing of the arts in the years after 800.

它是自罗马后西欧最大的。查理曼大治下的社会繁荣稳定，使得接下来若干年内艺术发展欣欣向荣。

From Charlemagne's perspective, not just as a resident of Brussels but as a former Jerusalem correspondent, it would be better for all three to support the Palestinian bid.

从查理曼不只作为布鲁塞尔的居民，也作为前耶路撒冷通讯员的角度来看，这三个家最好都支持巴勒斯坦人的努力。

The Russian empire was rather like Charlemagne's empire in 800 in the coronation at Aachen or Aix-la-Chapelle and all of that.

沙皇俄倒是非常像查理曼即公元800年亚琛加冕称王的查理曼。

Many of them were poor and hungry, and Charlemagne ordered his servants to give them bread and meat from the tables.

他们中的许多人又穷又饿，查理曼命令仆人将桌上的面包和肉给他们。

But France and Spain seem minded to say yes, with Britain hovering in between (see Charlemagne).

但是法和西班牙似乎倾向于投赞成票，而英处于中立状态。

So when Charlemagne returned to France, Roland and his mother went with him to live in the palace.

查理曼大回到法后，罗兰和母亲随他一起住进了皇宫。

Charlemagne bowed his head, for he feared that some harm might come to Roland.

查理曼低下了头，因为他担心罗兰会受伤。

Around 800, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, had created an empire that covered most of western Europe, including northern Italy, western Germany and modern France.

公元八百年前后，法兰克王查理曼大所缔造的疆域几乎瘈括了整个西欧，包含意大利北部、德西部与现代法。

" We cannot take him with us, Roland, " said Charlemagne, after Bertha had told him what great friends the two boys were.

“我们不能带他一起去，罗兰，”查理曼说，伯莎已经告诉他这两个男孩是好朋友。

Charlemagne looked kindly at him and said, " If you are hungry, my child, sit down and eat as much as you want."

“孩子，如果你饿了，坐下来想吃多少就吃多少吧。”

Now Ganelon did not want to carry the message, for Marsilius had once put to death a messenger who had been sent to him by Charlemagne.

加尼隆不想去做信使，因为马西利乌斯曾经把查理曼派去见他的信使处死了。

Number six is the ring of Charlemagne.

第六名是查理曼大戒。

A common misconception about Charlemagne  is that he was a great King of France.

关于查理曼大的一个常见误是他是一位伟大的法王。

But in 772, they were badly beaten by Charlemagne.

但772年，他们被查理曼大打得头破血流。