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The medieval hall : the basis of secular domestic life, 600-1600 AD / Michael Thompson.
Author
Thompson, M. W. (Michael Welman)
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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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GT3520 .T56 1995
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Castles
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Europe
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History
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To 1500
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Castles
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Europe
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History
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16th century
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Civilization, Medieval
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Architecture and society
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Europe
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History
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Europe
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Social conditions
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To 1492
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Europe
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index.
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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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1859280811
9781859280812
LCCN
94038415
OCLC
31515386
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