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The Irish tower house

Society, economy and environment, c. 1300–1650

By: Victoria L. McAlister

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The Irish tower house

Society, economy and environment, c. 1300–1650

By: Victoria L. McAlister

This book examines the social role of castles in late-medieval and early modern Ireland. It uses a multidisciplinary methodology to uncover the lived experience of this historic culture, demonstrating the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment. Of particular interest is the revelation of how concerned pre-modern people were with participation in the economy and the exploitation of the natural environment for economic gain. Material culture can shed light on how individuals shaped spaces around themselves, and tower houses, thanks to their pervasiveness in medieval and modern landscapes, represent a unique resource. Castles are the definitive building of the European Middle Ages, meaning that this book will be of great interest to scholars of both history and archaeology.

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Manchester University Press

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1526121255

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9781526121257

Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation

By: Victoria George

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Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation

By: Victoria George

This book is a reconsideration of the practice of whitewashing church interiors during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the first detailed study of its kind which challenges the view that whitewash was always only a 'cheap coat of paint'. Victoria George pulls together several histories: of the colour white from the biblical period to the present, and ideas about the colour white in philosophy, theology, art, and architecture from antiquity to the present. She links them to case studies of the ways in which reformers Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin thought about colour in a careful analysis of the role of colour-thinking in their theological writings. The social meanings embodied in the word, 'whitewash' as it entered the printed media in the 17th century is explored as part of a chapter on the history of whitewashing itself. The long-term symbolic and aesthetic implications of the practice of whitewashing are examined in the larger context of material culture; in terms of their value as a metaphor, for both the Reformed Protestant and the Catholic in opposition to them; and for the uses to which whitewash has been put over time. George proposes that the practice was not only visually transformative but held importance for religious aesthetics as an agent of change, and for an aesthetics of minimalism generally, especially evident in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Victoria George received an MFA from the Royal College of Art (London), an MA from The Architectural Association, and a Ph.D. from Cambridge. She has taught religion and the arts at the University of Richmond in Virginia.

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Pindar Press

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1915837138

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9781915837134

The Irish tower house

Society, economy and environment, c. 1300–1650

By: Victoria L. McAlister

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The Irish tower house

Society, economy and environment, c. 1300–1650

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The Irish Tower House

Society, Economy and Environment, C.1300-1650

By: Victoria McAlister

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Society, Economy and Environment, C.1300-1650

By: Victoria McAlister

Tower houses are the definitive building of medieval Ireland. This study investigates their significant social role, which has previously gone underappreciated. Innovative conclusions stem from an interdisciplinary methodology that demonstrates the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment in medieval culture.

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Social Archaeology and Material Worlds

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1526121239

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9781526121233

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The Irish tower house

The Irish tower house

Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation

Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation

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