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English Houses 1300-1800 - Vernacular Architecture, Social Life (Hardcover)
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English Houses 1300-1800 - Vernacular Architecture, Social Life (Hardcover)
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Houses are more than a shelter from the elements: they also offer
an unparalleled insight into the beliefs, ideas and experiences of
the people who built and lived in them. In this engaging book,
Matthew Johnson looks at the traditional houses that still exist
throughout the English countryside and examines the lives of the
ordinary people who once occupied them. His wide-ranging narrative
takes in the medieval hall and the community it framed; the
rebuilding and 'improvement'of houses in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries; and the rise of the Georgian Order in both
architecture and eighteenth century culture. This passionate book
is animated by the conviction that old houses are much more than
just pretty tableaux of an idyllic, unchanging rural England.
Vernacular houses are compared to their larger, 'polite'
counterparts, and English houses are placed in the wider context of
the British Isles and the Atlantic world beyond. The result is a
dynamic, compelling account of the development of houses in the
English countryside and through this, a portrait of changing
patterns of social life from medieval to modern times. Richly
illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings, this book
will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the
significance of our built heritage and the historic landscape.
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