Title: Discovering medieval houses in England and Wales /
Authors: Emery, Anthony.
Publisher: Shire,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic England; Architecture, Domestic Wales.; Architecture, Medieval England; Architecture, Medieval Wales.; Dwellings England History; Dwellings Wales History
Abstract: Presents a fresh approach to the development of houses between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries - from Norman to Tudor times.
Contents: Building records. Contracts and accounts ; Licences to crenellate ; Dendrochronology ; Supplementary sources ; Building ascriptions ; Excavation ; Structural survey ; Comparative building analysis -- Architectural developments: 500-1300. Anglo-Saxon residences ; Anglo-Norman houses ; Thirteenth-century developments -- Architectural developments: 1300-1500. Hall modifications; Roof structures ; House expansion ; Courtyard houses -- Building materials. Stone ; Timber ; Brick ; Other materials -- Contents and furnishings. Fittings and decoration ; Furnishings ; Gardens -- Medieval houses as a response to political circumstances: 1250-1450. Northern England and the war against Scotland ; The conquest of Wales -- Medieval hosues as a response to political circumstances: 1330-1500. The Hundred Years' War ; The War of the Roses -- Medieval hosues as an expression of social status. The household ; Status and privacy ; Lodgings and residential tower-houses ; Trophy houses -- Comparative residences. Monastic foundations ; Ecclesiastical foundations ; Educational foundations -- Town houses. Stone houses ; Timber-framed houses ; Cathedral closes ; Communal buildings -- Yeoman and peasant houses -- Further reading -- Houses and comparable buildings open to the public -- Index.