Architecture and Power: The Town Hall and the English Urban Community C.1500-1640

by Robert Tittler

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019820230X
• ISBN13: 9780198202301
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"