Anglo Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest

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The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the arrival of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Engineering and horticulture were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. However the Normans had to pacify the whole territory before they could concentrate on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Monasteries and castles served separate functions, so while monasteries were enormous stone structures constructed in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the occupants focused on learning offensive and defensive tactics. Relaxing activities such as gardening were out of place in these desolate citadels. The finest specimen of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent in modern times is Berkeley Castle. The keep is said to date from the time of William the Conqueror. A spacious terrace intended for exercising and as a way to stop enemies from mining under the walls runs about the building. On 1 of these terraces sits a stylish bowling green: it's coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is created into the shape of rough ramparts.

Rome’s Ingenious Water Delivery Systems

Rome’s Ingenious Water Delivery Systems With the manufacturing of the 1st raised aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, people who lived on the city’s hills no longer had to be dependent only on naturally-occurring spring water for their needs. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the sole technological innovations around at the time to supply water to spots of higher elevation. From the beginning of the sixteenth century, water was routed to Pincian Hill by using the underground channel of Acqua Vergine. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at standard stretches along the aqueduct’s channel. Even though they were initially manufactured to make it possible to support the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi started out using the manholes to get water from the channel, starting when he purchased the property in 1543. He didn’t get sufficient water from the cistern that he had built on his property to gather rainwater. That is when he decided to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran beneath his residential property.