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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Anglo-Norman</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Northern European Medieval styles</topic></related> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the period and style associated with the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066 and the spread of the Old French Anglo-Norman dialect and Norman tastes through the English, Welsh, and Irish aristocracy. The period produced a large body of Anglo-Norman literature and an artistic style characterized in sculpture, painting, illumination, and textiles by elegance and refinement, and in architecture by grand scale, ribbed vaults covering huge spaces through a double-X design, sturdiness, dramatic lighting, and ornamentation that included chevrons, diaper pattern, and billet-molding. ]]></note></mads>