Bradford-on-Avon

Japanese: Bradford-on-Avon(英語表記)BradfordonAvon
Bradford-on-Avon

...The Anglo-Saxons, who built the foundations of present-day England, converted to Christianity between the late 6th and 8th centuries and built churches, but few remains from this period remain, including from the Roman period. The oldest intact example of English architecture remaining today is the church in Bradford-on-Avon. The simple Anglo-Saxon style, with few windows and thin, striated pilasters on the exterior walls, was developed between the 6th and 11th centuries, but the conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy in 1066 ushered in a new era in English architecture.

*Some of the terminology references "Bradford-on-Avon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…今日のイギリスの基礎を築いたこれらアングロ・サクソン人は,6世紀末~8世紀にキリスト教に改宗し教会堂を建てたが,ローマ時代も含めこの頃の遺構はほとんど残らない。今日完全な形で残るイギリス建築の最も古い例としては,ブラッドフォード・オン・エーボンBradford‐on‐Avonの教会がある。窓が少なく,外壁に細い筋のような壁柱を用いただけの素朴な〈アングロ・サクソン様式〉は6~11世紀に行われたが,その後1066年のノルマンディー公ウィリアムによるイングランド征服がイギリス建築に新時代を導入した。…

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