the Norman conquest 1065-1087

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  • 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
    • 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
      • 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

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