5400 x 3600 px | 45,7 x 30,5 cm | 18 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2008
Ubicazione:
york, north yorkshire, england
Altre informazioni:
As one of the most important cities in England and an important base for holding and administering the north York was the site for two of the castles William the Conqueror built in the years immediately following his conquest The principal castle was begun in 1068 as part of a campaign to subdue anti Norman sentiment in the north Its wooden defences focused around and atop the motte they were destroyed during a local rebellion the following year but rebuilt by the Normans after suppressing the rebels and taking harsh reprisals on York In 1190 the wooden keep was again burned down during a siege by citizens of the Jewish community which had taken refuge there In the latter half of the thirteenth century the keep was rebuilt in stone It was given a quatrefoil plan of which there is no other example in England The keep later became known as Clifford s Tower after Roger de Clifford who was hanged there in 1322
