Castles and the Anglo-Norman World is a major new synthesis drawing together a series of 20 papers by 26 French and English specialists in the field of Anglo-Norman studies. It includes summaries of current knowledge and new research into important Norman castles in England and Normandy, drawing on information from recent excavations. Sections consider the evolution of Anglo-Norman castles, the architecture and archaeology of Norman monuments, Romanesque architecture and artefacts, the Bayeux Tapestry and the presentation of historic sites to the public. These studies are presented together with a consideration of the 12th century cross-Channel Norman Empire, which provides a broader context.

This work is the result of a conference held at Norwich Castle in 2012, which was part of a collaboration between professionals in the fields of archaeology, architecture, museums and heritage, under the banner of the Norman Connections Project.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introducing Norman Connections
• Foreword: Living in the twelfth-century cross-Channel empire
• Part I: The Norman Connections Castles
  • Chapter 1: Norwich Castle
  • Chapter 2: ‘…traces of the original disposition of the whole’. Excavated evidence for the construction of Norwich Castle keep
  • Chapter 3: The shifting structure of Norwich Castle keep, 1096 to c. 1230
  • Chapter 4: Colchester Castle: ‘Some tyme stronge and statelye, as the ruynes do shewe’
  • Chapter 5: Rochester Castle
  • Chapter 6: Le château de Falaise: bilan de 150 ans de restaurations dans plus de 1000 ans d’histoire
  • Chapter 7: Le château de Caen
  • Chapter 8: The Great Hall of the Dukes of Normandy in the castle at Caen
• Part II: The Castles in Context
  • Chapter 9: Châteaux et résidences princières dans la Tapisserie de Bayeux
  • Chapter 10: Visible from afar? The setting of the Anglo-Norman donjon
  • Chapter 11: Some thoughts on the use of the Anglo-Norman donjon
• Part III: Recent Archaeological Research
  • Chapter 12: Recent research on the White Tower: reconstructing and dating the Norman building
  • Chapter 13: Castle heritage (10th–13th centuries) in Lower Normandy and the current state of archaeological research
  • Chapter 14: Recent excavations at Caen Castle (2005–2014): medieval forges and renaissance stable
• Part IV: Presenting the Sites
  • Chapter 15: Le château de Falaise (Calvados): état des connaissances sur l’évolution du site castral du dixième siècle au treizième siècle
  • Chapter 16: The question of site enhancement in rural contexts: examples of projects managed by the Calvados Departmental Council (Conseil Général du Calvados), Lower Normandy
• Part V: Sculpture and Objects
  • Chapter 17: The evolution of capitals in early post-Conquest architecture as evidence for the completion date of the White Tower
  • Chapter 18: Anglo-Norman elite objects from castle and countryside