Plantagenets are as susceptible as housemaids when it comes to sex.

即使是王室，在性的问题上也不比女仆聪明。

The Plantagenets stabilized England after  the Norman Conquest.

诺曼征服后，金雀花王朝稳定了英格兰。

Although the Plantagenets ruled England until  1485, they split into two houses in 1399 when John of Gaunt died.

虽然金雀花王朝统治英格兰直到 1485 年，但在 1399 年冈特的约翰去世后，他们分裂为两个家族。

The war ended with the Plantagenets' fall and  the Tudors' rise.

战争以金雀花王朝的垮台和都铎王朝的崛起而告终。

The Tudors were not related by blood to the Plantagenets.

都铎王朝与金雀花王朝没有血缘关系。

They  were called " Plantagenets, " and the name stuck.

他们被称为“Plantagenets”，这个名字一直沿用至今。

After ruling England for so long, the reign of the Plantagenets had officially ended.

在长期统治英格兰之后，金雀花王朝的统治正式结束。

Still, while most people probably know about  the modern royal family – or even the Tudor line – only a few know about the Plantagenets.

尽管如此，虽然大多数人可能都知道现代王室——甚至都铎王朝家族——但只有少数人知道金雀花王朝。

The Plantagenets didn't ever refer to themselves by that name; the moniker  didn't come along until Richard of York adopted the name in the 15th century.

金雀花家族从来没有用这个名字来称呼自己。直到约克的理查德在 15 世纪采用了这个名字，这个绰号才出现。

While they weren't the first kings after the fall of the Anglo-Saxons, the Plantagenets were  the first line of kings after the Norman Conquest disrupted the course of English history.

虽然他们不是盎格鲁撒克逊人垮台后的第一批国王，但金雀花王朝是诺曼征服打乱了英国历史进程后的第一批国王。

Although it might be easy to dismiss the Plantagenets as solely violent  kings, they were essential to providing the structure England needed to move past the Norman  Conquest and become the country it is today.

尽管可能很容易将金雀花王朝视为纯粹的暴力国王，但他们对于提供英格兰所需的结构至关重要，使其能够摆脱诺曼征服并成为今天的国家。

After five centuries of growth, of tussling with the French of the Normans and the Angevins and the Plantagenets and at last absorbing it, the conquered in the end conquering the conqueror, English had come royally into its own.

经过五个世纪的发展，经过与诺曼人、安茹人和金雀花人的法国人的较量，并最终吸收了它，最终被征服者征服了征服者，英语已经成为了自己的王室。

The time  of the Plantagenets was violent and ruthless; the question of royal succession caused  division in the family and eventually led to one of the most complex civil wars in  English history: the Wars of the Roses.

金雀花王朝的时代充满暴力和残酷。王位继承问题导致家庭分裂，并最终导致英国历史上最复杂的内战之一：玫瑰战争。

It seemed the balance would hold, but the family feud came to a head in the  15th century, launching England into the Wars of the Roses as the two sides of the  Plantagenets battled for the English throne.

双方似乎保持了平衡，但家族争斗在 15 世纪达到了顶点，随着金雀花王朝的两方争夺英格兰王位，英格兰卷入了玫瑰战争。

To learn more about the Plantagenets,   check out our book, The Wars of the Roses: A Captivating Guide to the English Civil Wars  That Brought down the Plantagenet Dynasty and Put the Tudors on the Throne.

要了解有关金雀花王朝的更多信息，请查看我们的书，玫瑰战争：英国内战的迷人指南，这场内战推翻了金雀花王朝并将都铎王朝推上了王位。