Mark Girouard Knihy

From literature, social chronicles, and family documents comes a study of the evolution and social role of the English country house since the Middle Ages

A study of Britain's great nineteenth-century houses examines their architects, and the social, technological, and economic conditions that made the massive structures possible

An account of upper class French society through the centuries showing how its setting - the chateaux and manoirs of the French countryside evolved in concert with their inhabitants.

This social and aesthetic history of the world's major cities from antiquity to the present focuses on crucial periods of the cities' past and examines their architecture in light of the men and women who used it

British architectural writer Mark Girouard has compiled an anthology of personal anecdotes and reminiscences about the English country house by people who lived in them, worked in them, or visited them.

By looking at England's cathedral towns, Regency spas and industrial cities, and at their market squares, docks, council chambers and assembly rooms, the author traces the development of English towns through the centuries

PrefaceSurvival & revivalSir Walter Scott The age of Abbotsford The broad stone of honour Radical chivalry The Eglinton tournamentVictoria & AlbertMuscular chivalry A mid-century miscellany The public schools The return of ArthurModern courtly love Knights of the empirePlaying the game Chivalry of the people The chivalrous gentlemenThe great warNotes to the TextIndexPhotographic Acknowledgments

This book celebrates the rise and laments the fall of yhe Victorian pub by looking at buildings, builders, landlords and users with the eye of a social and architectural historian. The main emphasis is on London but there is also a final chapter covering in less detail the rest of England and Ireland

Shows and describes the history of British palaces, castles, manors, and mansions in Britain, and includes profiles of the people associated with each home

Eine Kulturgeschichte. 314 meist farb. Abb. 400 S.

Geschiedenis en ontwikkeling van steden in de westerse wereld van de tiende tot in de twintigste eeuw.