The Egyptian sultan Saladin had captured Jerusalem from the Frankish crusader states in 1187.

埃及苏丹萨拉丁1187法兰十字军国家手中夺取了耶路撒冷。

But when he overextended himself with an attack on the cathedral city of Chartres in 911, Rollo's forces were given a bloody nose by the Frankish magnate Robert of Neustria.

但是，当罗洛在911对教堂城市沙特尔发动进攻时，罗洛军队被纽斯特利亚法兰大亨罗伯特打得鼻青脸肿。

With Aquitaine under control, the Frankish  Emperor, Charlemagne, set his sights on Spain.

随着阿基坦控制，法兰皇帝查理曼大帝将目光投向了西班牙。

So Charlemagne, the German Frankish king, has conquered all of Western Europe now comes down to Rome and gets crowned as the Roman Emperor, which is a significant event.

是，日耳曼法兰人国王查理曼征服了整个西欧，随后南下至罗马，并被加冕为罗马皇帝，这一事件意义重大。

I mean, these Frankish Protonites are probably gonna have a lot of the best armor and equipment that the Frankish state can provide.

我是说，这些法兰普罗托尼特人大概会装备法兰国家能提精良盔甲和装备。

They married Frankish women, adopted the French language, and soon started converting from Norse paganism to Christianity.

他们迎娶了法兰女性， 采纳了法语，并很快开始北欧异教信仰转变为基督教信仰。

This act established what the Frankish Emperors  would eventually call the Holy Roman Empire.

这一法案建立了法兰皇帝终称之为神圣罗马帝国国家。

If this is a modern day, if it's the first world war, you have the Frankish empire like this and they can conscript, you know, this giant amount of their population, which is huge.

如果这是现代， 如果是第一次世界大战，你就有像这样法兰帝国，他们可以征召大量人口，这可不得了。

They probably have some of the best stuff the Frankish state can provide.

他们可能拥有法兰王国能提优质物品。

Their swords are broad-bladed, provided with rills, and of the Frankish type.

他们剑身宽大，带有血槽，并且是法兰式样。

It also jibes with the fact that they like Frankish swords, but if you're in Europe, who doesn't, right?

这也与他们喜爱法兰剑事实相符，但如果你身处欧洲， 谁会不喜欢呢，对吧？

Yes, even these Frankish people, they've already gone through this process.

是，就连这些法兰人，他们也已经经历了这个过程。

Now, the situation for the Anglo-Saxons in England are going to be like, you know, Viking sort of organization mixed a little bit with the kind of organization that they would have in the Frankish territories on the continent.

现在， 英格兰盎格鲁-撒逊人所面临局面，将类似维京式组织结构与他们在欧洲大陆法兰领土上所采用那种组织形式一种混合体。

The reasons one can do this with a clear conscience is what makes this sort of a dual use kind of strategy for a Frankish ruler or a Byzantine ruler.

一个法兰或拜占庭统治者能够心安理得地采取这种双重用途策略原因，正是这种策略独特之处。

The Franks were sort of the odds-on-favorite to be the up-and-coming people in Europe, and so when the Church and the Frankish leaders over generations create this relationship, it becomes a symbiotic one.

法兰人可谓是欧洲崛起新星， 备受看好。因此， 当教会与法兰领袖历经数代建立起这种关系时，它便形成了一种共生关系。

But somewhere along the way, The sword arm of the church, this protection provided to the Pope by this Frankish people, turned from defensive in character to offensive in character.

但不知何时起，作为教会利剑，法兰人提给教皇保护防御性转向了进攻性。

You know, the Frankish Empire was sending out their evangelists to go convert the heathen, right?

你知道吗，法兰帝国派出传教士去转化那些异教徒，对吧？

The great arms manufacturers of the Frankish war warehouses and factories produce the best European weapons, so everybody wants them.

法兰战争仓库和工厂里大型武器制造商生产出欧洲好武器，所以大家都想要它们。

And you can see exactly what happens if you look from a little earlier in this story when Charlemagne and his Frankish Christians are able to use this same sort of tendency among the German peoples of Saxony.

如果你回顾一下这个故事稍早部分，就能清楚地看到发生了什么。当时，查理曼大帝和他法兰基督教徒们正是利用了撒逊地区日耳曼人中这种倾向。

I mean, he doesn't sound like the Vikings in Ireland or England or the Frankish Empire when the description of his clothing and hairstyles and all that is put forward by Leo?

我意思是，当利奥描述他衣着、发型等细节时，他听起来并不像在爱尔兰、英格兰或法兰帝国活动维京人，是吗？