Lordship and Architecture in Medieval and Renaissance Scotland
Published on 1. January 2001
300 pages
978-1-78885-399-6 (ISBN)
Description
These essays constitute the first radical reassessment since the nineteenth century of the role of architecture as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the architectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically, as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. The contributors draw on the traditions and strengths of Scottish genealogical, archaeological and art-historical enquiry to illustrate key themes, which include: family or kindred styles in building on a local, regional or national level; builders' or patrons' motives; the scale and use of the buildings; and ascertainable changes in function, purpose and attitude.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
23,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78885-399-6 (9781788853996)
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Richard D. Oram | Geoffrey Stell
Lordship and Architecture in Medieval and Renaissance Scotland
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Persons
Richard D. Oram is Professor of Medieval and Environmental History, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Stirling. He is President of the Scottish Castles Association, President of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries.
Geoffrey Stell is a historian with specialist interests in Scottish castles and fortifications. He has published widely on subjects relating to Scottish building history. He was formerly Head of Architecture at the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
Geoffrey Stell is a historian with specialist interests in Scottish castles and fortifications. He has published widely on subjects relating to Scottish building history. He was formerly Head of Architecture at the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword
- 1. Prelatical Builders: A Preliminary Study, c.1124-c.1500
- 2. Adapting Tradition?: The Earldom of Strathearn, 1114-1296
- 3. The Brus Lordship of Annandale, 1124-1296
- 4. The Comyns to 1300
- 5. The Heirs of Somerled
- 6. Domestic Architecture in the Lordship of the Isles
- 7. 'Pillars of the Community': Clan Campbell and Architectural Patronage in the Fifteenth Century
- 8. The Black Douglases, 1369-1455
- 9. The Sinclairs in the Late Middle Ages
- 10. The Maxwells of Caerlaverock
- 11. The Homes and the East March
- 12. The Gordons and the North-East, 1452-1640
- 13. The Mackenzies
- 14. Court and Courtier Architecture, 1424-1660
- Index of Persons and Places
