Essay about The Origin of Norwich Castle

When we think of “Medieval England” we think about vibrant guys in armor suits, royalty ruling cruelly over their land and servants, and among other things, farms. However, medieval England- and medieval europe for that matter -is not that far from our own society today. We actually inherit many of the things that were created in the medieval times, such as the basic structure of land tenure that we now see as renting. Society in the Middle Ages may appear to be much different than ours today, but in reality these societies share much in common.

In the 12th century Goodrich Castle, was replaced with stone. This decreased the level of destruction during wars. As a development of Stone Keep castles, concentric castles were built from 1250 onwards. The concentric design was copied from the castles in the Middle East; knowledge and understanding of design and structure came into England through returning crusaders (soldiers) during the 1200’s.

The wooden towers of a motte and bailey castle were removed and replaced with stone, because the towers were hollow, it was called a shell keep. Castles with a shell keep were better than the early Norman ‘motte and bailey castles’ because it was an expensive way of strengthening the motte, the fragile wooden fence around the motte was replaced with a stone wall. The castle engineers during the Norman period of time did not trust the motte to support the enormous weight of a stone keep, but the a common solution to that problem was to replace the wooden stakes enclosing the castle with a stone wall then building wooden buildings backing onto the inside of the wall. This construction was great because it meant that the walls could be thinner and lighter. The shell keep castles were less popular and were relatively short lived, the style stopped being popular very quickly. Castles like York castle Clifford tower have a stone

These two sources show that there was meant to have been a moat, this is also a way of protecting castles from attack. The deep moat would have strengthened the defences of the gunports and the massive portcullis. When I visited Thornbury Castle their was an old ruined part this is meant to be the army barracks for the purpose of retaining men, on the ground floor it was meant to be stables and on the floors above reached by wooden staircases, were living quarters for the hired army its hard to say how many men Buckingham would have had it might have been hundreds or possibly a thousand, with which Buckingham intended to assert his independence and viewed of fortifying himself against the king. Under Henry the VIII no-one was meant to own their own army but why was Edward Stafford building room for so many people? Then in the outer court there is a wide open space which may have been meant to for a training ground for his army.

Norwich University’s history is deeply imbedded in Vermont’s own history. Since establishment in 1819 NU has been notorious for its military history. Norwich also has a great sporting history to share as well. It’s always nice to optically discern how students regaled themselves outside of the academics with Americas favorite past time, baseball. Research shows very little about the commencement of baseball at NU, with a little digging a home run was hit in the archives with some stick-out information. A variety of reports has the sport starting in 1860, 1871, 1872 depending on who you ask. Nonetheless, the earliest photo on record is from 1874, showing a small team of cadets playing on the upper parade grounds in front of Jackman hall (see attached image). Eventually a diamond was added to Sabine Field until the construction of Garrity field in 1960’s, after the polo team disbanded. No matter when baseball commenced at Norwich it remains today and has contributed to few prosperity stories within our two hundred years of history.

Canadian hospital ship, HMHS Llandovery Castle sunk on the evening of June 27, 1918 near the coast of Ireland.

Generally they were cut out from walls allowing defenders to attack while still being protected by the wall. Famous Castles Windsor Castle - William the Conqueror built this castle after he became ruler of England. Today it is still the primary residence of English royalty. Tower of London - Was built in 1066. The large White Tower was started in 1078 by William the Conqueror.

William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily also displays the same fold-in-on-itself mystery that We Have Always Lived in the Castle calls forth. In both stories, past time is brought to the reader’s attention, both through flashbacks, as found in We Have Always Lived in the Castle and through a narrative present reporter that gives information on a past story-arc, where he or she is well aware of the ending, i.e. the present. The two stories also both hold an element of mystery for crimes that are only implied, but never actually expressly stated by the person committing them. For much of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, the reader does not know that it is Merricat who poisoned the sugar bowl. It is not until the house has already been halfway

Durham Cathedral is one of the oldest examples of Romanesque architecture present in England today. Although the cathedral was completed in the early 12th century there are signs of Gothic architecture present due to the close relation of Romanesque and Gothic styles. In Robert Scott's book The Gothic Enterprise he discusses how the early Gothic style pulled heavily from the Romanesque style of architecture and built upon it's basic themes. Durham Cathedral's extensive history shows how the church's style of architecture remains mainly Romanesque, but has impressions of other styles due to renovations in different eras.

There was another group that came in and investigated the castle as well. Everything Ghosts is their name and they got everything set up and ready to go. One of them wrote in their diary " I was very tired after the long drive and we had arrived at about 8pm, got our bags into our accommodation area in The Dairy apartment and intended to do vigils later on that night at 11pm, so while the rest of the team members went upstairs to the mezzanine lounge/kitchen to make a meal, I went downstairs to the double bedroom to sleep for 1/2 an hour. There are two bedrooms downstairs and the bathroom, and an open plan staircase leads up to a large kitchen and lounge area. We three girls were all in the large bedroom. I lay down on the double bed to get some rest at about 8:15pm. “

Next to the churchyard is the site of Sheriff Hutton’s first motte and bailey castle, erected in 1140 by Bertram de Bulmer. This type of fortress had a wooden tower situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, with an enclosed court­yard, the bailey, surrounded by a ditch and wooden fence. These structures were easy to build, but still formidable defensive strongholds.

the barons had no wish to part with more money or to fight in France

There are many beautiful castles and other monuments all through out Europe. Edinburgh Castle, in Edinburgh, Scotland, has always caught my eyes because of its beauty, elegance, and rich history that it holds. Being of Scottish descent, my family has always mentioned and talks about richness and beauty of the castle. Throughout this paper I am going to give a brief history summary of the castle, but mostly focus more on the architectural parts of the castle.

A reconstructed castle of this type can be found near to Hedingham at Stansted Mountfitchet. He also built a castle at Great Canfield, whose earthworks can still be seen, and possibly one at Castle Camps on the Cambridgeshire border, marked again by

The Tower of London is one of the most famous and visited historic monuments in the world. For some people it conjures up images of Norman architecture and towering battlements, but most associate it with arms and armour, ravens, the Crown Jewels, Yeoman Warders, imprisonment, death and ghostly apparitions. But this does not do it justice: the history of the Tower and its buildings is a vast, fascinating and complex subject, intertwined with the history of the country of England, its government, its kings and queens, and its people and institutions. The castle's first four centuries, during the Middle Ages, saw the development of the layout of buildings that we know today and its