Book of Norman EnglandB.T. Batsford, 1997 - 144 pages Using archaeological, topographical and architectural evidence, this book covers the entire story of Norman England in an accessible way. It describes the impact of the Norman Conquest on England and looks at the castles, monasteries and churches and their effect on the landscape. |
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Page 32
... Church Architectural and archaeological evidence clearly shows that there were many more churches in late Saxon England than appear in the Domesday survey and that despite the extensive rebuilding that occurred after the Conquest ...
... Church Architectural and archaeological evidence clearly shows that there were many more churches in late Saxon England than appear in the Domesday survey and that despite the extensive rebuilding that occurred after the Conquest ...
Page 35
... church . In the mid- eleventh century a new church of stone was built next to the timber church , reusing masonry from local Roman buildings for its fabric . Most people were buried without a coffin in an unmarked grave close to the ...
... church . In the mid- eleventh century a new church of stone was built next to the timber church , reusing masonry from local Roman buildings for its fabric . Most people were buried without a coffin in an unmarked grave close to the ...
Page 119
... - ended chancel had been a late Anglo - Saxon tradition , and the disappearance of the apse both in churches and cathedrals has been interpreted as 88 Cropmark of a ploughed - out church at Itteringham. 119 THE NORMAN CHURCH.
... - ended chancel had been a late Anglo - Saxon tradition , and the disappearance of the apse both in churches and cathedrals has been interpreted as 88 Cropmark of a ploughed - out church at Itteringham. 119 THE NORMAN CHURCH.
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