 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Abbey racho rakaramba riri murunyararo kubvira parakatanga muna 793 kusvikira pakurwiswa kweEngland neNorman muna 1066. Duke William II weNormandy akapinda muEngland nekuti aifunga kuti aive nekodzero yechigaro cheEngland nekuda kwehukama hwake hwemhuri naMambo weAnglo-Saxon Edward Confessor. 1 Pakupedzisira, William akabudirira mukukunda kwake uye akachengetedza chigaro cheEngland nguva pfupi mushure megore 1072. Uku kusimuka kwesimba kamwe kamwe kwakanga kune migumisiro yakasiyana-siyana yezvematongerwe enyika, yezvemari, yemagariro, uye yorudzidziso yeEngland. Semuenzaniso, uye zvakanyanya kukosha, William akatsiva mabhishopu ese eAnglo-Saxon, kunze kwaWulfstan weDorchester, nemabhishopu eNorman. 1 Uye zvakare, akawedzera huwandu hwemakanzuru echechi uye akagadzira mitemo inopesana ne simony nemuchato wevafundisi. 2 Uyezve, akatsiva maAnglo-Saxon abbots neNorman. Somuenzaniso, mukuru mukuru wokutanga weNorman akasvika mumusha wemamongi weSt. Albans muna 1077. Paaiva mukuru wemabhishopu muSt. Albans, akawana nzvimbo itsva yekunamatira, akabatsira kuvaka chechi yeRomanesque, uye akatanga scriptorium yekugadzira zvinyorwa zvekushandisa munharaunda.9 Nenzira iyi, kukunda kweNorman kwakagonesa zvisina kunangana neSt. Albans Psalter. Kutaura zvazviri, mifananidzo yakawanda iri mubhuku repisarema pacharo inoratidza kusiyana nemaitiro evanhu vokuAnglo-Saxon uye inoratidza unyanzvi hwechiRomanesque. 