The Tower Of London.

there is many castles and ruins located all across the United Kingdom. The most famous being the Buckingham Palace where the reigning monarchy live. Another famous site is stonehenge where it is not known what took place here but many believe it was a place for Pagan rituals. These two are located in England but throughout the uk there are many different aspects of this country side. another interesting fact about the United Kingdom is that London England is connected to Paris France by a bullet train that runs between the two countries by way of the english channel. (this is know as the chunnel) The chunnel runs for about two to three hours and you can see water around you for almost the whole ride. when the train exits the tunnel the first thing you will see is the white Cliffs of Dover. The white cliffs where used in world war two for the pilots who have lost their navigation equipment as a guide back to

Lanfranc was Regent for William the Conqueror while the king was away in Normandy. Lanfranc went stopping the rebellion anyway possible. Ralph de Guader fled to his home castle in Doc, Brittany. Ralph de Guader left his wife, Emma to stay behind and defend Norwich Castle, the siege lasted for three months. A deal was finally made between Lanfranc and Emma, and her soldiers received safe passage to Brittany. Lanfranc then placed the Castle with three-hundred of his best soldiers, and removed the rebels from the area. Waltheof was eventually caught and beheaded for his crime and the others were dismembered. The rebellion was at an end, from 1067, the Normans completely removed and destroyed around ninety-eight Saxon homes in Norwich. This was to clear a way for the castle ground work within which they would build a wooden fort, surrounded by deep, defensive trenches. They placed a barracks of soldiers to keep law and order and prevent any future rebellions from happening, under William the Conqueror who now ruled. Once the mound, had settled, William Rufus II began to build the stone Keep in about 1094. Following William’s death in 1100, his brother Henry I succeeded him, and completed the Keep by 1121. The Keep is about 21.5m tall; its walls were constructed to withstand most attacks from invaders, and are about 3 meters thick at the base and slowly narrowing as they get higher. The original doorway to the Keep is on the first floor on its eastern

Just after Henry VII came to power, he called all the lords that helped him win the battle against Richard III to the tower of London, where he lived. The

England has a long history of periodic architecture and aside from recent war damage and the destruction during the Dissolution of the Monasteries Acts in the 16th century by Henry VIII, much of its historic legacy remains intact.

The New York Times, interviewed Barbara Pickell, a sales representative who was the employed at Blue Cross Company at the World Trade Towers on 9/11, recalled that “Everybody started screaming because they could see people jumping out of the building” (“Witness to Apocalypse”). Approximately 3000 people lost their lives in the World Trade Center attacks (Templeton and Lumley). Many vanished in the debris, leaving families and friends no time to say goodbye. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum is what left to tell the story. A tour guide at the Museum, Carl Ballenas stated, “Time numbs people to what happened that day, and now it becomes a page in a chapter of a book and does not have the impact of

William the Conqueror: a powerful man who was taking what was rightfully his, or an illegitimate son thirsty for power, only history can tell if his actions were an act of justice. This debate contains a lot of confusion between promises, traditions overlapping, the support of the people, and proven powerful enough to rule. After understanding the conflicts at the time, history has proven that William the Conqueror proved to have a legitimate claim to the throne, much more than his competition at the time. In order to understand history, we have to look back and see how we got to this point, starting with the set-up for this situation.

On September 11, 2001 more than 2,500 people were killed in a terrorist attack that took place in New York City when two planes were hijacked and crashed into the North and South towers causing it to collapse. Although this event took place almost fifteen years ago, people still remember it like it was yesterday, and it still affects many people's lives today. If all those who died in the accident were here today they’d be happy to see the brand new tower one, building this tower meant honoring the fallen and responding to tragedy. Within the rebuilding process symbolism can be found in two waterfalls, the curtain wall, and even in how tall it was.

The focus on this assignment will be on William the Conqueror who was the king of England, and also the Battle of Hastings. William conquered many countries and won the Battle of Hastings, which then made him King of England. William the conqueror was born in 1028 in a country called Normandy. He became the Duke of Normandy at age 8 after his father (Robert 1, Duke of Normandy) died.

In many ways, the building of Durham cathedral could be seen as an attempt by the Normans to demonstrate their power and influence, on the grounds that the cathedral significantly, was built in Durham, a location from which William could control the English border, along with the way the cathedral was built in a typical Norman architectural style. However, there are clearly factors which influenced the building of the cathedral, such as the religious and political reasons.

William the Conqueror became the Duke of Normandy in 1035. He spent many years struggling for power till he became king in 1066. During his ruling he was able to transform Normandy into a greater military power with an emphasis on horsemanship and the development of cavalry as a fighting force, which made him a sucessful and an acomplished commander. At the battle of Hastings William defeated his rivial Harlod Godwinson. He was successful in this fight because he attackted Harlod right after he had defeated the Vikings. He bulit many castles during his time. The castles he bulit went in return turned into a symbol of his conquest. He created the cenus of england that was known as the Domesday Book. This book helped him in finding out what

However, in many of the written records, most castles were built under the guise of being commissioned for military use due to the large expense involved with castle building. Therefore, castles that would have been built for defensive reasons likely evolved to represent stylistic aspect of high status. But while these castles underwent design changes seemingly in response to new forms of siege weapons, those same designs, which helped act as a line of defense as well as make the castle such an appealing structure, become obsolete with the introduction of heavy artillery. Thus by their introduction at the end of 16th century, the age of castle building appears to have hit a declined. As we will see, in many areas, very few changes were made to the pre-existing castles indicating a decisive shift towards the social and symbolic use of late 16th century castles in England. The exception to this rule of course will be seen in areas where there was continuing conflict and the symbol of the castle as a position of power becomes evident during which there is a continued evolution in architecture designed to combat the use of

The event that changed his name and put England under his rule. The Battle of Hastings many died, some survived manly the Normans and their leader William the Conqueror. He was the victor of this battle that lead the change throughout the culture and living of Medieval England. This battle made the Anglo-Saxon phase in England finish. This changed the speaking of the court and laws, as well as the people. It was French that the court now spoke and it also blended into the Saxon language. The tower of London (figure 6) was built by William, one of his first castles to be built in England. It

This remarkable improvement in methods indicates the fresh importation of skills from the East and this applies not merely to England but to all Western Europe at that time (“The Flowering” 88). Into three main phases the development of architecture through the period may be divided. The elements of Gothic style and their gradual elaboration over a period of rather more than a century came first at the opening of the 12th century. After the year 1000 there was a fully coordinated Gothic art particularly marked by the invention of windows with baltracy, Jean d’ Orbais probably used it first at Rheims cathedral during the generation following 1211, why the east end was begun. A century followed with classic poise in which an international architecture reached its peak and produce perfect forms of castle and palace, cathedrals enriched with painting patterned tiles, figure sculpture and stained glass (“The Flowering” 92).

Ever since its creation by Gundolf in 1078, the Tower of London has served many purposes. Whether it was a royal residence or prison and torture chamber, most importantly, it has been a significant symbol and monument of English history and architecture. A small, modest building, many tourists are surprised to see the Tower of London, as it is not the magnificent, tall tower they were expecting. For some years, the Tower of London was used as a royal residence where monarchs would stay for a night before departing to continue their journey the next day. More interestingly, it was used as a prison, torture chamber, and execution grounds.

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