organised by
Norfolk Archaelogical Unit
in association with
Norwich City Council
Le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
(Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de Haute-Normandie,
Service régional de l'Archéologie
Norfolk & Norwich / Rouen Friendship Association
The Norfolk Archaeological Unit and the Ministry of Culture and Communication (Haute-Normandie) have taken the initiative of organising two seminars in 1998 and 1999 dedicated to exploring domestic architecture primarily of the 12th and 13th centuries. This theme, which is of common interest to archaeologists and historians alike on both sides of the Channel, has a particular resonance in Norwich and Rouen where spectacular archaeological discoveries of well-preserved buildings have been made in recent years. At the same time, both regional capitals have been the focus of detailed study and provide excellent centres for reviews of work in each city and their wider regions.
The first of the seminars was held in Rouen in October 1998 and was a great success. The Norwich seminar will build on the theme with papers from English and French colleagues. The seminar will provide an opportunity for an exchange of information as well as enabling delegates to view buildings of the early medieval period.
ANGLO-FRENCH SEMINAR ON 12TH- AND 13TH-CENTURY DOMESTIC
BUILDINGS
NORWICH 16 AND 17 APRIL 1999
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
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Interested in attending visits on 16 April ? Yes No
Interested in attending seminars on 17 April ? Yes No
Require details of accommodation in Norwich ? Yes No
Please return by 1st March 1999 to :
Brian Ayers
Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Garsett House St Andrew's Hall Plain
Norwich NR3 1AU
Tel 01603 633564
Fax 01603 762436
E-mail : brian.ayers.mus@norfolk.gov.uk
MORNINGPROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Friday 16 April - site visits
It is intended that three monuments in Norwich will be visited as follows :
- the Music House, King Street of c 1175
- the Norman House, Magistrates Courts, Bishopgate of c 1170
- Norwich Castle Keep of c 1095-1120In addition, there will be an opportunity to view Norwich Cathedral and the Cathedral Close.
Saturday 17 April - seminar papers
Papers will be given in the Old Music Room of the medieval Bishops' Palace, courtesy of the Norwich School. The core of the Palace was constructed c 1096-1100 and delegates will be able to see the building during the day.
Roland Harris (Historic Buildings Recording Unit, University of Reading) : Architectural evidence for the property market : the English medieval town-house 1150-1350
Elizabeth Rutledge (documentary historian, Norwich) : The early stone house in Norwich : the documentary evidence
Sandy Heslop (University of East Anglia, Norwich) : The late 12th-century hall complex at Weeting, Norfolk : the design and its sources
Edward Martin (Suffolk Archaeological Unit) : Little Wenham Hall : the re-interpretation of 'one of the incunabula of English domestic architecture'
Philip Aitkens (architectural historian) : 12th- and 13th-century houses and their carpentry in Suffolk - and some comparisons with other parts of south east England
AFTERNOONG. San juan, V. Hincker, V. Carpentier : L'architecture rurale des XIe-XIIe siècles, exemples récents des habitats d’Argentan (Orne) et de Vieux-Fumé (Calvados)
F. Fichet de Clairfontaine (Conservateur Régional de l’Archéologie, Basse-Normandie) : La maison seigneuriale de Barneville-la-Bertrand (Calvados), un "chamber-block"' du XIIe siècle
P. Caldéroni et B. Guillot (Association pour les Fouilles Archéologiques Nationales) : Trois celliers en pierre du XIIIe siècle, situés en cœur d'îlots – Fouilles récentes à Evreux et Rouen
P. Lardin (Université de Rouen) : L'utilisation du plâtre dans la construction courante à Rouen au XIVe siècle.
It is hoped that, during the course of the Seminar, there will be a Reception in the 15th-century Dragon Hall.