Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Zigzag pattern of Anglo-Saxon derivation often used on medieval, Gothic revival, and Art Deco pieces.
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Burh: A fortified Anglo-Saxon town which was usually surrounded by a ditch an earthen ramparts topped by a palisade.
Anglo-Saxon took over the Roman Y with its Roman value of the "modified u" (it), and employed it accordingly for the sound which arose from a u sound under the influence of an i in the following syllable: fyllan, " fill," cp.
- a place of worship which comes under the personal jurisdiction of the Queen, most date back to Anglo-Saxon times when places of worship could owe allegiance directly to the sovereign and were not therefore subject to any form of bishop or ...
Anglo-SaxonThe architecture of the 7th to mid-11th centuries, i.e. before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Paul and founded in 681 by an Anglo-Saxon Ceolfrith). The Codex Amiatinus was made at the command of Ceolfrith. He intended to present the manuscript as a gift to the pope, but he died in France in 716 on the way to Rome.
Pre-Conquest
Before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Synonymous with Anglo-Saxon.
Presbytery
The area of the church around and in front of the main or high altar; also a priest's residence. From presbyter, Latin for priest.
Lesene - A pilaster without a base and capital often called a pilaster-strip and usually found on the exterior of later Anglo-saxon and early Romanesque Church.
All Saints' Church, Brixworth
All Saints' Church, Brixworth, is an outstanding example of early Anglo-Saxon architecture located in central England, and has been called "perhaps the most imposing architectural memorial of the seve...
Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 -1066) was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of the English. His reign foreshadowed the country's domination by the Normans, whose duke William of Normandy was to defeat Edward's successor, Harold II, and seize the crown.
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