For the next thousand years, when Westerners conjured up creatures from distant lands, sort of the medieval version of Star Wars, these are the creatures they imagined.

又过了1000年以后，当西方人从遥远的国度，召唤出来类似中世纪版的星球大战里的怪物时，这些妖怪就是他们的想象之作。

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When the medieval Crusaders drove East for the holy wars, they witnessed worshippers praying with these japa malas, admired the technique, and brought the idea home to Europe as rosary.

他们看到礼拜者戴着念珠祷告着，欣赏他们的方法，并把这个理念和念珠带回了欧洲。

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Indeed, as the culture wars flare again, the opposing sides have taken up their usual positions, like medieval armies in observance of ancient rites.

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Richard's two-year reign signalled the end of the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses and is seen by some historians as the last act of the medieval era.

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