The Tower of London

Реферат по английскому языку На тему The Tower Of London Студента 103 группы I курса факультета Социологии Варнавского Евгения Contents 1. The Development of the Tower 2. The Normans 3. The Medieval Tower 4. The Tower in Tudor Times 5. The Restoration and After 6. The Tower in the 19th Century 7. The 20th Century The Tower of London The History of the Tower of London Fortress, Palace and Prison This short history of the Tower of London charts the different stages of its development.Throughout its history, the Tower has attracted a number of important functions and its role as armoury, royal palace, prison and fortress is explained, as well as its modern role as tourist attraction and home to a thriving community.

The Development of the Tower

The Development of the Tower The Tower of London was begun in the reign of William the Conqueror 1066-1087 and remained unchanged for over a century. Then, between 1190 and 1285, the White Tower was encircled by two towered curtain walls and a great moat. The only important enlargement of the Tower after that time was the building of the Wharf in the 14th century.

Today the medieval defences remain relatively unchanged.

The Normans

Securing the City was therefore of the utmost importance to William. Its primary function was always to provide a base for royal power in t... Over the next few years William and his supporters were engaged in bui... From very early on the enclosure contained a number of timber building... Initially the Tower had consisted of a modest enclosure built into the...

The Medieval Tower

Lack of provisions forced Longchamp to surrender but the Tower s defen... The reign of the next king John 1199-1216 saw little new building work... By the mid 1230s, Henry III had run into trouble with his barons and o... On both occasions the King fled to the Tower of London. But as he shel... Edward III s works at the Tower were fairly minor, but he did put up a...

The Tower in Tudor Times

The reigns of the Tudor kings and queens were comparatively stable in ... During her brief reign many important Protestants and political rivals... A royal prison The first Tudor monarch, Henry VII 1485-1509 was respon... The most famous victim was Lady Jane Grey, and the most famous prisone... In the reign of James I 1603-25 the Lieutenant s house - built in the ...

The Restoration and After

The Restoration and After. In 1643, after a political rather than a military struggle, control of... They were moved from their old home to a new site in what is now calle... In the end, none of these came to much, and the Restoration period saw... All these, however, have been swept away, and the only surviving store...

The Tower in the

The mob never stormed the castle but the fear of it left the outer def... Salvin s work was much admired and attracted the attention of Prince A... To protect the approaches to the Tower new loop-holes and gun emplacem... During the Second World War the Tower was closed to the public. The Mo... In the 1870s Salvin was replaced by John Taylor, a less talented and s...