At the height of Britain’s Brexit debate, passions ran so high that some talked of a “new English civil war”. That comparison still intrigues me for one specific reason: the side that won the civil war ultimately lost. King Charles I was executed in 1649. Eleven years later, the English decided they had made a mistake and restored the monarchy.
在英国退欧辩论的高峰期,各方如此情绪激昂,以至于一些人谈到一场“新的英格兰内战”。出于一个特定的原因,这种比较仍然让我觉得有意思:当年赢得内战的一方最终失败了。查理一世国王(King Charles I)于1649年被处决。11年后,英格兰人意识到自己犯了一个错误,于是恢复了君主制。
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