Architecture and Power: The Town Hall and the English Urban Community c. 1500-1640 - Hardcover
The town hall in early modern England was the seat of civic government and the architectural embodiment of power, authority, and legitimacy in the community. Tittler's imaginatively conceived and wide-ranging study, based on extensive research in local record, explores the town hall and its role in civic culture and urban life. The multi-disciplinary approach of this book generates architectural, anthropological, literary, and historical insights into politics and society in England's provincial towns in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Tittler explores the connection between the boom in town hall building in this period and the cultural and political evolution of the provincial urban community. From the function of decorations and furnishings to the political activities and self-image of the urban elite, every aspect of the town hall and its place in civic culture is rigorously examined.
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"A valuable addition to the field of local political history."--Journal of British Studies
"Tittler has made an important and imaginative opening to cultural history in this useful book, the reading of which will benefit every serious student of early modern British history. We need more such studies."--Albion
"A fascinating and profound study."--Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
"An interesting and important book."--Canadian Journal of History
"A valuable contribution to urban and local history."--Choice
Robert Tittler is at Concordia University.
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"A valuable addition to the field of local political history."--Journal of British Studies
"Tittler has made an important and imaginative opening to cultural history in this useful book, the reading of which will benefit every serious student of early modern British history. We need more such studies."--Albion
"A fascinating and profound study."--Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
"An interesting and important book."--Canadian Journal of History
"A valuable contribution to urban and local history."--Choice
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 019820230X
- ISBN 13 9780198202301
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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