the Norman conquest 1065-1087
- Created by: Deegold
- Created on: 26-10-17 14:06
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- Anglo-Saxon culture
- literature written in Latin and Old English
- use of old English made it easier for laymen to learn to read and write as most didn't understand Latin
- Beowulf-epic poem passed down orally for many generations then written down in 1066
- use of old English made it easier for laymen to learn to read and write as most didn't understand Latin
- famous for producing beautiful works of art
- goldsmiths made jewelry and other precious things(e.g Alfred Jewelry)
- monastries produced beautifully decorated books
- famous for textiles, included tapestries hung in homes and churvhes and vestments worn by priests
- little evidence about buildings
- houses would have been simple structures
- wooden frame and walls made from wattle and daub(sticks covered with mud or clay)
- houses wouldn't have survived because of materials
- wooden frame and walls made from wattle and daub(sticks covered with mud or clay)
- most english churches were rebuilt by normans
- not much idea of how they looked
- evidence sugggests they might have been built from brick or stone
- houses would have been simple structures
- literature written in Latin and Old English
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