White Tower

• Interior of the White Towee
• Interior

  1. Gallery level was not a floor was built to fine the impression that the White tower was larger than it seems - Henry VII changed it until a military store. 2. Access to the entrance level was via a wooden staircase used as defence of those who decide to attack as the stairs would be burnt to keep everyone safe. 3. Presence of an apse indicates that a chapel is inside the Tower called St John’s Chapel which highlights the importance of religion and shows that the tower was also a residential.
• Why did William the Conqueror build castles across England?

  1. To install fear and scare xenophobic English population 2. Protection for William‘s allies across England who were importance in establishing and maintaining William’s control of England. 3. Residential purposes for nobles. 4. To increase the ability to collect raxes from local populatio. Doomesday book help establish the complete wealth of England