1. Up here in the north, Catholicism had not only not been rooted out, it actually fired on the burning resentment and fierce independence of the great aristocratic families who ran things around here.

译文：在北部地区，天主教组织并没有被铲除。实际上，这一事件引起了当地各大家族的不满并且激发了他们想要独立的决心。

要点：root out：彻底根除，彻底铲除

e.g. The generals have to root out traitors.将军们得把叛国者全部铲除。

It shouldn't take too long to root him out.把他铲除掉应该不需要太长的时间。

fire on：向......开火

e.g. A fire on the city gate brings disaster to the fish in the moat.城门失火，殃及池鱼。

e.g. The enemy opened fire on our lines at early dawn.拂晓时敌人向我阵线开了火。

2. They'd been here for centuries, and were not about to be pushed around by a bunch of Tudor bureaucrats.

译文：他们已经在这片土地生活了几个世纪，不会任由都铎王朝几个官僚的摆布。

要点：push around：欺负，摆布

Those women seem kind of stern.I hope they are not push me around.这些女人看来蛮厉害的。希望不要被她们欺侮。

We are tired of those civil servants who push us around.我们厌恶那些把我们支来支去的公务员。