Main entry:

Quiney, Anthony, 1935-

Title & Author:

Town houses of medieval Britain / Anthony Quiney.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2003.

Description:

ix, 333 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-319) and index.
Preface -- Introduction : in the beginning was the Word -- -- Part 1. And the word was made flesh -- 1. Venerable marks of antiquity : the Anglo-Saxon inheritance -- 2. New masters in ancient places : Norman and Angevin England -- 3. Beyond the borders of an easy life : Wales and Scotland -- 4. Money makythe the man : the commerce of towns -- 5. What is the city but the people? : the society of towns -- 6. From plague, pestilence, and famine : the late Middle Ages -- 7. For the common utility of the City : the regulation of towns -- 8. Squared stones, evenly jointed : walls, floors and roofs -- 9. Like season'd timber, never gives : framed walls and roofs -- -- Part 2. A house appointed for all living -- 10. The shadow of a fleeting dream : impermanent houses -- 11. Vaultes stronglye and substanciallye wrought : undercrofts -- 12. Cloud-capp'd towers, and gorgeous palaces : the palaces and halls of magnates -- 13. Houses small and not lofty : merchants' and Jews' houses -- 14. A house for royal business and other affairs : the houses of royalty, magnates and wealthy merchants -- 15. For dignity compos'd : guildhalls, hospitals, almshouses and colleges -- 16. Houses most of timber work : small town houses in the later Middle Ages -- 17. One frame called the 'Lady Rowe' : terrace houses -- 18. Housses mirk and steepy : Scotland from the late Middle Ages to the union of the crowns -- -- Conclusion : restoring intellectual day -- Abbreviations -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"This book explores British medieval houses, from humble to grand, in greater detail than ever before. Architectural historian Anthony Quiney synthesises the most current archaeological, architectural and historical findings to present a comprehensive survey of houses throughout Britain from the early fifth century to the ascent of James VI of Scotland to the English throne in 1603.
The book features over 300 fascinating illustrations that include medieval depictions of houses and their occupants, historic prints and photographs, as well as numerous explanatory drawings."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300093853 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780300093858 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Great Britain.
Architecture, Medieval Great Britain.
Cities and towns Great Britain.
Architecture domestique Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture médiévale Grande-Bretagne.
Villes Grande-Bretagne.
21.72 house-building.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Medieval.
Cities and towns.
Stadt
Städtebau
Wohnungsbau
Woningen.
Woningbouw.
Economische aspecten.
Religieuze aspecten.
Politieke aspecten.
Great Britain.
England

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 230614
Call No.: NA7328 .Q5 2003
Status: Available