The medieval hall : the basis of secular domestic life, 600-1600 AD / Michael Thompson.

Author
Thompson, M. W. (Michael Welman) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Aldershot, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©1995.
Description
ix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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      Summary note
      This is the first general account of the history of the great hall in Britain and continental Europe from Anglo-Saxon times to the late middle ages. Using a wide range of literary and archaeological sources in combination with close examination of standing halls and remains, Michael Thompson describes and interprets the development of one of the dominant architectural features of medieval life. He also examines the social functions of the hall - the 'hall-culture', a way of life turning on the great room at the social and physical centre of secular and religious communities. This broad, well-illustrated and ambitious review will be of great interest to architectural historians, of course, but its social-cultural approach makes it equally valuable to students of medieval history and literature. It informs and is informed by studies of literary sources as diverse as Beowulf and Gawain, monastic rules and Arthurian poetry.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index.
      Rights and reproductions note
      Current Copyright Fee: GBP28.00 0.
      Contents
      • Ch. 1. Introduction
      • Ch. 2. Halls before the Norman Conquest
      • Ch. 3. France and Germany
      • Ch. 4. The monastic refectory
      • Ch. 5. The hall in the castle
      • Ch. 6. The triumph of the native style
      • Ch. 7. The downward spread
      • Ch. 8. The hall in the later middle ages
      • Ch. 9. The decline of the hall
      • Ch. 10. Conclusion.
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      ISBN
      • 1859280811
      • 9781859280812
      LCCN
      94038415
      OCLC
      31515386
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