French historian françois gebelin wrote: "the great revival in military architecture was led, as one would naturally expect, by the powerful kings and princes of the time; by the sons of william the conqueror and their descendants, the plantagenets, when they became dukes of normandy.
Sang sujana widang babad saking Prancis François Gebelin nyurat: "Masa panglimbak wewangunan ring widang rananggana, sekadi sané sampun-sampun, wantah kakawitin olih sang nata utawi pangéran sané kasub duk punika; olih putran saking William Sang Digjaya (William the Conqueror) miwah sentanannyané, Plantagenets, duk dané dados adipati ring Normandia (Dukes of Normandy).