1st Edition

Architecture and Elite Culture in the United Provinces, England and Ireland, 1500-1700

By Hanneke Ronnes Copyright 2007
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

This study aims to elucidate concepts of castle in the Netherlands, England and Ireland in both past en present times. The first part of the book examines current, respectively, academic, national and personal appropriations of 'castle' the second part moves into the past, juxtaposing elite culture and the spatial organisation of 16th and 17th century domestic architecture.

Ch.1: Introduction, Part I: Castles in the Present, Part II: Castles in the Past, Addendum, References, Illustrations

Biography

Hanneke Ronnes is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and researcher at the Dutch Castle Foundation (Nederlandse Kastelenstichting) .