Many Britons have never heard of it: school history tends to skip the 400-or-so years between 1066 and the start of the Tudor era.

许多英国人压根就没听说过这个地方：在他们的历史课本上，从1066年一直到都铎王朝开始的400年间是一片空白。

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But the history of the early Britons, though it was never written, may be read.

然而，这些不成文的英国早期历史确实可读的。

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Many Britons have never heard of it: school history tends to skip the 400-or-so years between 1066 and the start of the Tudor era.

ECONOMIST: The battle of Towton

To be blunt, most Britons under 40 have only the haziest knowledge of the empire: history is not their strongest suit.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot