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• a term still applied by writers in English to the buildings erected by the Normans, in the various lands that fell under their dominion in the 10th and 11th centuries;
• a term applied to architecture in Normandy.

In England, "Norman architecture" represents most of the surviving English Romanesque, although late Anglo-Saxon architecture was also Romanesque. The pre- Gothic churches of Normandy are often simply called " Romanesque".

1 Norman architecture in England

In England, the main examples of Norman architecture introduced after the Conquest of 1066 are churches and abbeys, and fortifications (see Norman keeps), which show massive proportions in simple geometries, the masonry with small bands of sculpture, perhaps as blind arcading , and concentrated spaces of capitalThis article concerns places that serve as centers of government and politics. For alternative meanings see capital (disambiguation In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meanins and round doorways and in the tympanumTympanum may mean: # The eardrum; or # A sculpted panel that stands within the recessed area formed by a larger arch above the doors to a church or similar building, especially in Romanesque and Gothic architecture; or # A single drum in the orchestral pe under an archFor ARCH models, see autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity. An arch is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight (e. a doorway in a stone wall). The arch was developed in Ancient Greece and later refined in. The "Norman arch" is the round arch. Norman moldings are carved or incised with geometric ornament. The cruciform churches often had deep chancels and a square crossing tower which has remained a feature of English ecclesiastical architecture . There was a burst of building activity in England following 1066, but the projects of Henry IIIHenry III ( October 1, 1207 November 16, 1272) is one of the least-known British monarchs, considering the great length of his reign. He was born in 1207, the son of King John, and succeeded to the throne at the age of nine, with the result that the count brought in the new Gothic architecture, and Norman became increasingly a modest style of provincial building in the second half of the 12th century11th century 12th century 13th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. Events Song dynasty loses power over Northern China The Kamakura Shogunate deprives the. Hundreds of parishA parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. In Roman Catholicism, each parish has the services of a parish pri churches were built and the foundation of most of the great English cathedralA Cathedral is a Christian church that serves as the central church of a bishopric. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is sometimes also used loosely as a designation for any large important church. The term is not officials were laid.