Saint Albans

Japanese: セント・オールバンズ(英語表記)Saint Albans
Saint Albans
A city in Herfordshire, north of London, England. Population 128,000 (1993). Located on a hill near the ruins of the Roman city of Verulamium. It is named after the place where the early Christian evangelist Alban was martyred, and is the site of St. Albans Cathedral. It was an important political and religious city from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Middle Ages, and its abbey produced many learned monks. It was attacked by peasants during Wat Tyler's rebellion in 1381, and was the site of two battles during the Wars of the Roses, in 1455 and 1461.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
イギリス,ロンドンの北郊,ハーフォードシャーの都市。人口12万8000(1993)。ローマ都市ウェルラミウムVerulamiumの廃墟のそばの丘陵上に位置する。初期キリスト教伝道者オールバンの殉教の地としてこの名があり,セント・オールバンズ大聖堂の所在地。アングロ・サクソン時代から中世にかけて政治的・宗教的都市として重要で,大修道院は多くの学僧を輩出した。1381年ワット・タイラーの乱のとき農民の襲撃を受け,ばら戦争に際しては1455年,61年の2度戦場となった。

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