The Great Rebuildings Of Tudor And Stuart England: Revolutions In Architectural Taste

by Colin Platt

Book Overview

Rural England's Great Rebuilding of 1570-1640, first identified by W.G. Hoskins in 1953, has been vigorously debated ever since. Some critics have re-dated it on a regional basis. Still more have seen Great Rebuildings around every corner, causing them to dismiss Hoskins's thesis. In this first full-length study of the rebuilding phenomenon, Colin Platt, an accomplished architectural and social historian, addresses these issues and presents a persuasive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857283163
• ISBN13: 9781857283167
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"