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Перевод: Saracen

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Тезаурус:

1. Before Saragossa the two Frankish hosts joined together, and the king received homage from those Saracen chiefs who had invited him into Spain as their protector.
2. Saracen ambassadors bring Charlemagne a white elephant complete with exotic trappings.
3. Two of Charlemagne's leading magnates, Roland and Guenelon (or Ganelon), have fallen out, and Roland suggests that Guenelon should go to the Saracen court to discuss terms with the Muslims; treachery is suspected, and the embassy is regarded as very dangerous.
4. Saracen opposition came from two powerful Ommayad kings of Cordova: Abd ar-Rahman (756-;788) and Hisham (788-;807).
5. At the Saracen's Head at Towcester, for example, a recent proposal to historicise the pub involved extensive destruction of genuine historic fabric and the introduction of the worst cliches of "traditional" pub detail, such as bulls-eye glass and copper lanterns.
6. With the coming of an energetic bishop, Arnaud, in 1030, the cathedral and its precinct were reconstructed, with fortifications, iron gates and a great bridge across the lagoon; there was a collegiate church of the Trinity, a chapel of St Blaise, and of course cloisters, an infirmary, and a cemetery, and all the time reference to the "Saracen" port.
7. Never again would it scorch down the winding lanes to the Saracen's Head in Lincoln, the destination for most of the RAF Officers in the neighbourhood on their nights off, or even just down to the local in the village.
8. In this way the author (somewhat naively) avoids the anti-climax of making Roland fall victim to a Saracen sword.
9. The officers had their Saracen's Head but the Lincoln Naafi Club really took some beating.
10. But Saracen arrows did not have the power of penetration necessary to pierce the heavy mail hauberks of the Christian knights, and whenever their numbers were inferior they were frequently overwhelmed by the sheer weight and ferocity of their opponents.
11. Neither the Saracen vassals nor the Basque and Navarese vassals were trustworthy, and in 778 while the army was returning across the Pyrenees, Basque warriors attacked the wagon train, capturing considerable amounts of booty and killing three senior members of Charles' government.
12. But the moment Renaud reached the Saracen lines, he was put into irons; the Christian defenders then watched in horror as he was dragged before the castle and tortured in front of them.
13. In 799 the Franks took the Balearic Islands, which faced repeated attacks from Saracen fleets, but were held under the government of the Counts of Genoa and Tuscany.