31.03 Astronomy in God's Own country - Monasteries
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Following the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066 there was a period during the next 200 years of a series of building not only building castles but also Abbeys and...
show moreSome of the richest abbeys and monasteries in England were in Yorkshire at places like St Mary’s Abbey in York, Fountains Abbey near Ripon and Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley. In addition to the religious aspect of their lives they were also great natural philosophers noting everything that was happening around them into natural world.
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