The royal palaces of Tudor England : architecture and court life, 1460-1547
Thurley, Simon, 1962-1993
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Describes the development of royal residence building from the Plantagenets to the Tudors. Then, focusing on the reign of Henry VIII, Thurley explains how and when the king's palaces were used and explores common myths about these buildings and the kind of life that was led in them.
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Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1993.
Collation:
ix,283p. : ill(some col.), facsims.,maps,plans,ports. ; 29cm.
Notes:
Ill. on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300054200
Dewey class:
942.05941.052728.820728.82094205725.17
Local class:
941.052
Language:
English
Subject:
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Homes and hauntsPalaces -- England -- History -- 16th centuryArchitecture, Domestic -- EnglandGreat Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th centuryGreat Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- To 1500England -- Social life and customs -- 16th centuryGreat Britain -- Kings and rulers -- DwellingsGreat Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
BRN:
271486
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