Anglo-Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest
Anglo-Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest
The arrival of the Normans in the later half of the 11th century substantially modified The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. Engineering and gardening were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the rest of the populace. Because of this, castles were cruder structures than monasteries: Monasteries were often important stone buildings located in the biggest and most fertile valleys, while castles were built on windy crests where their inhabitants dedicated time and space to projects for offense and defense. Gardening, a placid occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. Berkeley Castle, potentially the most uncorrupted style of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists now. It is said that the keep was developed during William the Conqueror's time. As a strategy of deterring assailants from tunneling under the walls, an immense terrace encompasses the building. A picturesque bowling green, enveloped in grass and surrounded by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, forms one of the terraces.
The Dispersion of Water Feature Design Technology
The Dispersion of Water Feature Design Technology Spreading practical hydraulic knowledge and water feature design ideas throughout Europe was accomplished with the written documents and illustrated books of the time. An un-named French fountain engineer was an internationally celebrated hydraulic innovator in the later part of the 1500's. With imperial commissions in Brussels, London and Germany, he started his work in Italy, acquiring experience in garden design and grottoes with incorporated and ingenious water features.
In France, near the closure of his life, he penned “The Principle of Moving Forces”, a publication that turned into the essential text on hydraulic technology and engineering. Describing contemporary hydraulic technologies, the publication also modernized critical hydraulic discoveries of classical antiquity. Archimedes, the inventor of the water screw, had his work featured and these integrated a mechanized means to move water. Sunlight warming water in a pair of containers concealed in a room adjacent to an decorative fountain was displayed in one illustration. Actuating the water feature is heated liquid that expands and ascends to seal up the conduits. Concepts for pumps, water wheels, water attributes and garden ponds are also covered in the publication.
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