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Country houses may be triumphs of architecture, fine and decorative art, and landscape design, but they are also about the history and transmission of ideas. In varying degrees their occupants thought, conversed, read, and responded to their milieu through books, newspapers, and other media. Their libraries and archives provide an invaluable record of how people in country houses fashioned themselves and their views of the world. The essays in this volume examine reading habits, book collections and practical applications of thinking to demonstrate how elite society exchanged ideas, absorbed new trends, and engaged in wider debate.
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Landscape architecture --- 712.03 --- 72.034 <420> --- 712.03 Stijlen en scholen in de landschapsarchitectuur --- Stijlen en scholen in de landschapsarchitectuur --- 72.034 <420> Architectuur van de renaissance; barok; rococo en koloniale stijl--Engeland --- Architectuur van de renaissance; barok; rococo en koloniale stijl--Engeland --- Horticultural service industry --- Landscape gardening --- Landscaping industry --- History --- Vanbrugh, John, --- Author, --- Author of a new comedy call'd The relapse, --- Author of The provok'd wife, --- Author of The relapse, --- Provok'd wife, Author of the, --- Relapse, Author of a new comedy call'd The, --- Relapse, Author of the, --- Vanbrugh, J. --- Vanburgh, John, --- Influence. --- Art styles --- Environmental planning --- Vanbrugh, John --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- England
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In recent years, the role of women in country houses and estates across Ireland and the UK has been the focus of greater attention. Chatelaines, mothers, wives, daughters, widows, sisters, housekeepers, and maids were ever-present figures in the microcosm of the country house. New research has begun to reveal the extent of their involvement in managing households and estates, influencing design, adopting public roles, championing good causes, as well as raising families and committing their thoughts to paper in literary expression. This volume of essays, many of which draw on hitherto unseen family archives, will bring new perspectives to our understanding of the country house as a place where many women often held powerful roles.
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