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Anglo-Norman Kings and Castles
with Dr Sam Newtonat Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo (map)
We begin with a survey of fortified centres of authority before the Norman conquest and consider their relation to what became known as ‘castles’. We shall then follow the building of Norman castles across the landscape and examine some specific examples in East Anglia and elsewhere. After lunch we shall look at the troubled reign of King Stephen [1135-1154] and reassess the famous description of castle-building in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Peterborough manuscript, entry for the year 1137) that
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| 10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
| 10.15 | Fortified Centres of Authority in England | ||
| 11.15 | Coffee | ||
| 11.30 | Castles of the Conquest | ||
| 12.30 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 | The War of the Two Matildas | ||
| 15:00 | Tea break | ||
| 15:15 | The Saga of Earl Hugh Bigod, Lord of Framlingham | ||
| 16:15 | Close |
Sam Newton was awarded his Ph.D in 1991 and published his first book, The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia, in 1993. Since then he has worked as an independent scholar in Early Medieval Studies. His latest book, The Reckoning of King Rædwald, was published in 2003. He is also now a Director of Wuffing Education, NADFAS lecturer, and Time Team historian.
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Allen Brown, R., “Framlingham Castle and Bigod, 1154-1216”, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 25 (1952), pp.127-148.
Allen Brown, R., The Normans and the Norman Conquest (London 1969)
Allen Brown, R., Castles from the Air (Cambridge 1989)
Allen Brown, R., Castles, Conquest and Charters: Collected Papers (Woodbridge 1989)
Barlow, F., Edward the Confessor (London 1970; Yale 1997)
Bevis, T., Hereward: De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis (Westrydale 1982)
Braun, H., Bungay Castle: Historical Notes and Account of the Excavations (Bungay Castle Trust 1991).
Heslop, T.A., “Orford Castle: Nostalgia and Sophisticated Living”, Architectural History 34 (1991), pp.36-58.
Heslop, T. A., Norwich Castle Keep: Romanesque Architecture and Social Context (University of East Anglia, 1994)
Higham, R. & P. Barker, Timber Castles (London 1992; Exeter 2004)
Liddiard, R. (ed.), Anglo-Norman Castles (Woodbridge 2003)
Liddiard, R., Castles in Context (Windgather 2005)
Poole, A.L., Domesday Book to Magna Carta (Oxford 1955).
Swanton, M., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Dent 1996; Phoenix 2000)
Wareham, A., “The Motives and Politics of the Bigod Family, c.1066-1177”, Anglo-Norman Studies 17 (1994), pp.223-242.
Williams, A., The English and the Norman Conquest (Woodbridge 1995)
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