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The Architecture of Medieval Britain: A Social History

Colin Platt

Subtitled `a social history', this book Ä with its feast of fine pictures Ä is about largesse (and the distribution of surplus wealth), the growing demand for personal privacy and improvements in domestic comfort. `Life styles are my subject', writes Colin Platt, `and buildings are my documents Ä the most sensitive and reliable of social indicators'.

HistoryHistory · medium confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Society & Culture -> Society & CultureAward Category: Global history -> World HistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Wolfson History PrizeMajor1991WinnerOfficial source
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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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