1st Edition
The Great Rebuildings Of Tudor And Stuart England Revolutions In Architectural Taste
By Colin Platt
Copyright 1994
240 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rural England's Great Rebuilding of 1570-1640, first identified by W.G. Hoskins in 1953, has been vigorously debated ever since. Some critics have re-dated it on a regional basis. Still more have seen Great Rebuildings around every corner, causing them to dismiss Hoskins's thesis. In this first full-length study of the rebuilding phenomenon, Colin Platt, an accomplished architectural and social... Read more
The first great rebuilding - then down with old houses and new set in their places; of building; the courtier; the grand tour house; the second great rebuilding in town and country; neat compact boxes.
Biography
Colin Platt, University of Southampton.
