Anglo-Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest

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The advent of the Normans in the latter half of the eleventh century greatly altered The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But before focusing on home-life or having the occasion to contemplate domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire population. Castles were more basic constructions and often erected on blustery hills, where their tenants devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were major stone buildings, commonly positioned in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Gardening, a quiet occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is depicted in Berkeley Castle, which is conceivably the most untouched illustration we have. It is said that the keep was developed during William the Conqueror's time. An enormous terrace encompasses the building, serving as an impediment to assailants trying to dig under the castle walls. A scenic bowling green, enveloped in grass and surrounded by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, creates one of the terraces.

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