The Seven Kingdoms inside England at the time were East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex.

当时英格兰境内七大王国是东盎格利亚王国、埃塞克王国、肯特王国、麦西亚王国、诺森布里亚王国、萨塞克王国和威塞克王国。

The blood of our men stains the ground from the walls of Camelot to the gates of Mercia.

从卡梅洛特城墙到麦西亚城门血染大。

Word of Bayard's arrest has got back to Mercia. We're about to be attacked.

贝亚德被捕消息一经传入麦西亚。我们就可能遭到攻击。

So you had Mercia, you had Wessex, all of these different... East Anglia.

于是有了麦西亚，有了威塞克，有所有这些不同...东盎格利亚。

You know, independent areas like Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia, or separatist tendencies.

你知道，像诺森伯兰、东安格利亚、麦西亚这些区或者分离主义倾向方。

In the following decades, Mercia was but a shadow of that great Anglo-Saxon Kingdom which Offa managed to establish. The ever-increasing incursions of the Vikings de-stabilized the region even further, and Mercia's territory decreased gradually – along with its power.

在接下来几十年里，麦西亚只是奥法设法建那个伟大盎格鲁-撒克逊王国影子。维京人不断增加入侵进一步破坏了该区稳定，麦西亚领土随着其权力逐渐减少。

The Germanic tribes settled in seven smaller kingdoms, known as the Heptarchy: the Saxons in Essex, Wessex and Sussex; the Angles in East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria; and the Jutes in Kent.

日耳曼部落定居在七个较小王国， 被称为七国制：埃塞克、威塞克和苏塞克撒克逊人； 东盎格利亚、麦西亚和诺森比亚盎格鲁； 和肯特黄麻。

So it's evident that the people of Mercia and Northumbria want nothing to do with him.

显然，麦西亚和诺森布里亚人民都不愿与他有任何瓜葛。

They are Morcar, the Earl of Northumbria, and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.

他们是诺森布里亚伯爵莫卡和麦西亚伯爵埃德温。

Aethelstan would become King of Mercia following Aethelflaed's death – and become King of all Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms following his father's death. Aethelstan would complete what his forefathers started and campaigned in Scotland and all the other parts of England.

埃塞尔坦在埃塞尔弗莱德死后成为麦西亚国王，并在他父亲去世后成为所有盎格鲁-撒克逊王国国王。埃塞尔坦将完成他祖先在苏格兰和英格兰所有其他区开始和竞选事情。

By the time Alfred the Great came to the throne in 871, most of the great monasteries of Northumbria and Mercia lay in ruins and only Wessex remained as an independent kingdom.

到 871 年阿尔弗雷德大帝登基时， 诺森比亚和麦西亚大部分大修道院都已成为废墟， 只有威塞克仍然是一个王国。

The Mercians, as we just mentioned, Mercia is one of these places that used to be an independent kingdom.

麦西亚人，正如我们刚才提到，麦西亚曾经是一个王国方之一。

Wessex was briefly taken over by Mercia for three years in 645 CE, before it was broken up into sub-kingdoms. It would remain in pieces until Caedwalla reunited Wessex forty years later in 685 CE.

威塞克在公元 645 年被麦西亚短暂接管了三年，之后又分裂为多个子王国。 直到 40 年后 685 年凯德瓦拉与威塞克重聚之前， 它一直处于碎片状态。

Up to this point, Mercia and Wessex had been the defenders, often reduced to the most grievous straits.

至此之前， 麦西亚和韦塞克一直是防御者，常常陷入最为严峻困境。

So you have Edwin the Elder Brother, who is the Earl of Mercia, so that's the Midlands.

所以你有长兄爱德温，他是默西亚伯爵，也就是中区伯爵。

To learn more about Mercia, check out our book, " Mercia - A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and the Invasions of the Vikings during the 9th Century."

要了解有关麦西亚更多信息，请查看我们书“麦西亚 - 英格兰盎格鲁撒克逊王国和 9 世纪维京人入侵迷人指南”。

After losing its independence, the kingdom was referenced only sporadically in the early medieval annals. The last known mention of Mercia was made in 1017 AD, while the Mercian people are last mentioned in 1049 AD.

在失去性之后，这个王国在中世纪早期编年史中只是零星被提及。最后一次提及麦西亚是在公元 1017 年，而麦西亚人最后一次被提及是在公元 1049 年。

Finally, the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia  joined together against the Vikings; at the time, Wessex was led by King Alfred the Great.

最后，威塞克和麦西亚联合起来对抗维京人。当时，威塞克由阿尔弗雷德大帝领导。