Main entry:

Cooper, Nicholas.

Title & Author:

Houses of the gentry : 1480-1680 / Nicholas Cooper.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999.

Description:

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre For the Studies in British Art in association with English Heritage."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-357) and indexes.
pt. I. Builders. 1. The Image of the Gentry. 2. Builders and Architects -- pt. II. Buildings. 3. Forms and Meanings, 1480-1600. 4. Alternatives and Experiments, 1550-1630. 5. London and the Provinces, 1600-1650. 6. Conservatism, Innovation and Consolidation, 1620-1690 -- pt. III. Functions. 7. Households and Hospitality. 8. The Rooms of the House. 9. The Image of the House.

Summary:

"From the end of the fifteenth century to the closing years of the seventeenth, England underwent radical social change. English architecture changed radically as well, and the homes of the gentry were transformed as members of this class grew in numbers, wealth and importance. This abundantly illustrated book provides for the first time a full account of the houses that were built and inhabited by the upper classes during this rich and fascinating period. Architectural historian Nicholas Cooper explores hundreds of gentry houses, some well known and others far less familiar, and considers their evolution in the light of the economic, political and social changes of the age."--Jacket.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0300073909 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300073904 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic England History.
Gentry Homes and haunts England History.
Architecture and society England History.
Architecture domestique Angleterre Histoire 16e siècle.
Architecture domestique Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture domestique de la Renaissance Angleterre Histoire.
Petite noblesse Résidences et lieux familiers Angleterre Histoire.
Architecture et société Angleterre Histoire.
Architecture and society
Architecture, Domestic
Architektur
Bildband
Gentry
Herrenhaus
Woningen.
Landadel.
Sociale geschiedenis.
England
Großbritannien
Arquitectura doméstica Inglaterra Historia.
Arquitectura y sociedad Inglaterra Historia.
Burguesía Casas Ingleterra Historia.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
English Heritage.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207659
Call No.: NA7328 .C6 1999
Status: Available