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Alongside building castles and keeps for security, the Normans built stone cathedrals, churches and abbeys.  Many date from the 12th century.  The Normans brought the Roman Catholic Church with clergy from Normandy to England.  Saints were venerated on many alters around cathedrals and there were shrines with relics in crypts.  Stained glass windows told the storiesContinue reading “#5 Roman Catholic Church of the Normans”