Public Buildings in Early Modern Europe

TY - CHAP

T1 - Public Buildings in Early Modern Europe

AU - Giles, Katherine Fleur

PY - 2016/9/13

Y1 - 2016/9/13

N2 - Public buildings preserve a unique record of the cultural transformations early modern Europe and the emergence of the 'public sphere'. This paper explores the historiography of medieval and early modern public buildings, with reference to Habermas' concept of the 'public sphere', seminal architectural texts such as Pevsner's History of Building Types and more recent work on English town halls (Tittler) and the European context (Ottenheym et. al). The case study of Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon's Guildhall is used as a particularly compelling illustration of the potential of these buildings fir further study.

AB - Public buildings preserve a unique record of the cultural transformations early modern Europe and the emergence of the 'public sphere'. This paper explores the historiography of medieval and early modern public buildings, with reference to Habermas' concept of the 'public sphere', seminal architectural texts such as Pevsner's History of Building Types and more recent work on English town halls (Tittler) and the European context (Ottenheym et. al). The case study of Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon's Guildhall is used as a particularly compelling illustration of the potential of these buildings fir further study.

KW - Public buildings

KW - Early Modern

UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Material-Culture-in-Early-Modern-Europe/Richardson-Gaimster-Hamling/p/book/9781409462699

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781409462699

T3 - Routledge History Handbooks

SP - 98

BT - The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in Early Modern Europe

A2 - Richardson, Catherine

A2 - Hamling, Tara

A2 - Gaimster, David

PB - Routledge

ER -