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Bishop gundulph has been long known as one of the chief architects of his day, and to have been employed by the King to build the White Tower in London: the buildings known to have been erected or superintended by him afford, there fore, the best examples of the style of his age, of the mode of construction, and of the art of building in the period which immediately followed the Norman Conquest. The history of his life clearly shews that he had every opportunity of ao quiring the best information and we may fairly conclude that he possessed all the knowledge and skill that any one pos sessed in his time. He was one of the most distinguished of the celebrated monks of the abbey of Bee, in Normandy, so many of whom were presented by William the Conqueror to great preferment and high rank in England. When Lanfranc was appointed abbot of the new abbey at Caen, Grundulph ao companied him, and when Lanfranc was promoted to Canter bury in 1070, Gundulph again accompanied him, and was soon appointed to the see of Rochester; but he continued to be treated by Lanfranc 'as his intimate friend and confidant, as their letters shew.
It appears evident that through the influence of Lanfranc Gundulph soon obtained an estate at Malling, now called St. Leonard's, and immediately built himself a residence there, the walls of which still remain. We have, indeed, no direct historical evidence of this, but the indirect evidence is very strong.
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Bishop gundulph has been long known as one of the chief architects of his day, and to have been employed by the King to build the White Tower in London: the buildings known to have been erected or superintended by him afford, there fore, the best examples of the style of his age, of the mode of construction, and of the art of building in the period which immediately followed the Norman Conquest. The history of his life clearly shews that he had every opportunity of ao quiring the best information and we may fairly conclude that he possessed all the knowledge and skill that any one pos sessed in his time. He was one of the most distinguished of the celebrated monks of the abbey of Bee, in Normandy, so many of whom were presented by William the Conqueror to great preferment and high rank in England. When Lanfranc was appointed abbot of the new abbey at Caen, Grundulph ao companied him, and when Lanfranc was promoted to Canter bury in 1070, Gundulph again accompanied him, and was soon appointed to the see of Rochester; but he continued to be treated by Lanfranc 'as his intimate friend and confidant, as their letters shew.
It appears evident that through the influence of Lanfranc Gundulph soon obtained an estate at Malling, now called St. Leonard's, and immediately built himself a residence there, the walls of which still remain. We have, indeed, no direct historical evidence of this, but the indirect evidence is very strong.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1334591938
- ISBN 13 9781334591938
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages26
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