Change in function over time
What Change in function over time means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Over time the same site took on other day-to-day functions, such as administration, residence and later display, but conquest was central in the Norman period.
The same walls served lordly ambition at some moments and royal authority at others, and the day-to-day function shifted with the owner.
Different buildings served as dwellings at different times, and the castle was lived in across several centuries.
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