A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History Volume I: 1066–1688 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Barras, Richard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Architecture.; Schools of economics.; Urban economics.; Economics.; Heterodox Economics.; Urban Economics.; Architectural History and Theory.

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prevailing mode of production is operating most effectively, surplus wealth is most plentiful, and the dom...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Of Works and Monuments
• 2. Wealth of the Nation
• 3. Norman Conquest
• 4. Gothic Ascendant
• 5. Magnate Display.