The Year 10 historians enjoyed a busy day in Norfolk on Tuesday exploring some of England’s finest Norman castles and cathedrals.
The impressive earthworks and flint ruins of Castle Acre were a wonderful backdrop to learn all about these structures of military and administrative dominance, and provided an interesting contrast to the robust limestone keep seen later at Norwich.
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Here the students were also given a tour of the enormous cathedral. Like the priory at Castle Acre this was home to a large community of Benedictine monks, and Year 10 were left better able to appreciate the importance of piety and spiritual power to the Anglo-Normans.
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A great day out, the historians went home with minds brimming with thoughts of the earls, monks, bishops, and kings of this truly transformative period in our history.
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