Trevor Rowley
The Norman Heritage 1[zasłonięte]066-12
Routledge 1983
Stron XIV+210, format: 16x24 cm
97 ilustracji, mapek, wykresów.
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The Norman Heritage
The Norman Conquest is generally regarded by all as a turning-point in English history. Not only was this the last time that England was successfully invaded, but it was followed by a complete change in the ruling dynasty, the introduction of military feudalism, the reform of the church and the rapid spread of monasticism. Such social and political changes were accompanied by dramatic architectural and topographical developments. There was frenzied building activity resulting in the construction of cathedrals, churches, monasteries and castles, and stone was used on a scale unknown since the end of the Roman Empire. The Norman desire to exercise regional political control and to stimulate trade resulted in a rash of newly planned towns across the country. In many more subtle ways, too, the Anglo-Saxon landscape was altered and modified by Norman coercion and influence.
Through their energy and administrative ability, the Normans transformed the face of town and country alike, and this book traces the impact of the Norman Conquest upon the British scene, through both an historical narrative, and surviving structural remains of buildings and the patterns of settlements, communications and land use that developed during this period.
The Author
Born in Shrewsbury, Trevor Rowley attended the local grammar school, and then read geographv at University College, London, and modern history at Linacre College, Oxford. He is currently Staff Tutor in Archaeology at the University of Oxford Department for External Studies, and was formerly Honorary Secretary of the Council for British Archaeology. His previous publications include The Shropshire Landscape (1972), Landscape Archaeology (co­author with Michael Aston, 1974) Villages in the Landscape (1978), and many articles and papers on archaeology, local history and the management of the historic environment.

Contents

Acknowledgments i*
General Editor's preface x
Preface xiii
one The coming of the Normans 1
two The Norman dynasty in England 25
three Castles of the Conquest 36
four The English landscape at the time of
the Conquest 58
five The towns of the Conquest 81
six The impact of the Conquest on the
church 112
seven Forest, park and woodland 144
eight The Norman impact on Wales and the
Welsh borderlands 159
nine The Norman heritage 179
Appendix 1 194
Appendix 2 198
Appendix 3 200
Further reading 203'
Index 205