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●如果要评选近5年全球来最火的剧集，HBO出品的《权力的游戏》当之无愧。根据《权力的游戏》原著的作者乔治·R·R·马丁，他在写作这本奇幻小说时借鉴了一系列历史资料，但故事的原型 “最接近 ”英格兰15世纪的玫瑰战争。玫瑰战争发生在公元1455-1485年的英国，在都铎王朝的强大政府建立之前。是一系列发生在兰卡斯特家族和约克家族为争夺英国王位而进行的，这持续了30年的王朝内战。在玫瑰战争中相互冲突的两个家族是约克家族和兰卡斯特家族。玫瑰战争的名称来自于与这两个家族相关的符号：白玫瑰属于约克家族，红玫瑰属于兰卡斯特家族。在《权力的游戏》中，兰卡斯特家族被认为是兰尼斯特家族，而约克家族则是斯塔克家族。和史塔克家族一样，约克家族也是北方人，而兰卡斯特家族和兰尼斯特家族一样，都来自南方。
If we were to choose the hottest series to come from around the world in the last five years, HBO's 'Game of Thrones' deserves it. According to George R. R. Martin, author of the original 'Game of Thrones,' he drew on a range of historical sources in writing the fantasy novel, but the story's prototype is 'closest' to England's 15th century War of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses took place in England from 1455-1485 A.D., before the establishment of the powerful Tudor government. It was a series of dynastic civil wars that took place between the House of Lancaster and the House of York for the throne of England, which lasted 30 years. The two houses in conflict with one another in the War of the Roses were the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The names of the War of Roses comes from the symbols associated with the two families; the white rose belonging to the Yorks and the red rose to the Lancasters. In Game of Thrones , the House of Lancaster is thought to be the Lannisters while the House of York, the Starks. Like the Starks the York were northerners, while the Lancasters, like the Lannisters, were from the south.
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●爱德华三世于1377年去世后的继承问题是玫瑰战争的根本原因。 虽然爱德华的继承权似乎很稳固，但在其统治末期，“直系血统突然缩小”。爱德华的长子康沃尔公爵（又称黑王子爱德华）和准继承人爱德华，先于其父亲去世。根据继承原则，应继承爱德华三世王位的是黑王子爱德华的大儿子，10岁的查理二世。年轻的理查德二世在1399年被他的堂兄，爱德华三世的三儿子兰卡斯特公爵（亨利四世）夺走了王位，这让兰卡斯特家族上台。兰卡斯特家族的统治一直持续到1422年，亨利五世的儿子亨利六世成为国王。亨利六世是一个昏庸无能的国王，而且还受到间歇性精神疾病的困扰。兰卡斯特家族的王位的合法性受到了质疑。同时，爱德华三世的第四个儿子约克公爵的后裔，也就是约克家族，相信他们对于王位有更強的继承权。随着民众不满的高涨，封建贵族的私人军队的建立，和亨利六世朝廷的腐敗，内战就在这样的氛围里爆发了。
The issue of succession after the death of Edward III in 1377 was the root cause of the Wars of the Roses. Although Edward's succession seemed secure, at the end of his reign, the 'direct line of descent suddenly shrank'. Edward's eldest son, the Duke of Cornwall (also known as Edward, the Black Prince), and prospective heir, Edward, predeceased his father. According to the principle of succession, it was Edward III's eldest son, the 10-year-old Charles II, Edward the Black Prince, who should succeed to the throne. The young Richard II was deprived of the throne in 1399 by his cousin, Edward III's third son, the Duke of Lancaster (Henry IV), which brought the House of Lancaster to power. The rule of the House of Lancaster lasted until 1422, when Henry V's son Henry VI became king. Henry VI was a lethargic and incompetent king, and suffered from intermittent mental illness. The legitimacy of the Lancastrian throne was questioned. Meanwhile, the descendants of Edward III's fourth son, the Duke of York, or the House of York, believed they had a stronger claim to the throne. With the rise of popular discontent, the creation of private armies of feudal nobles, and the corruption of Henry VI's court, civil war broke out in such an atmosphere.
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●《权力的游戏》还借鉴了玫瑰战争的另一个主导主题：其纯粹的、不可避免的残酷性。我们都很高兴我们没有生活在一个像《权力的游戏》中描述的那样暴力和恐怖的世界：很少有人能享受到舒适的死亡，战争和斗争是永恒的现实。你能想象剧里那些血肉横飞的残酷战争场面，是真实发生过的吗？例如，玫瑰战争中的汤顿战役（1461年）被认为是在英国土地上发生的最血腥的一次冲突，考古学家们仍在挖掘被遗忘的士兵们被砍伤和砸烂的遗骸。在古代，许多惨绝人寰的战争是因为不明确的王位继承原则导致的，这种情况可能在现代发生吗？这带给了我们什么样的启示？
Besides, Game of Thrones draws upon another dominant theme in the Wars of the Roses: its sheer, inescapable brutality. We're all glad we don't live in a world quite as violent and terrifying as the one depicted in Game of Thrones. Few of its people are granted the pleasure of a comfortable death, wars and struggle are constant realities. Can you imagine that the brutal war scenes in the drama with blood and flesh are really happened? For instance, the battle of Towton in 1461, for example, is considered the bloodiest single clash to have taken place on British soil, with the hacked and smashed remains of forgotten men-at-arms still being exhumed by archaeologists. In ancient times, many horrific wars were caused by unclear principles of succession to the throne, could this happen in modern times? What does this tell us?
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