Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Tripartite Plan
Social theories
In the late medieval domestic plan, the social structure was articulated by employment of the main structural posts of the timber frame, in order to provide clear divisions of space (Gardiner 2000,159). Although the term ‘feudal’ is often used to describe the social and military structure of the late medieval period – especially in older textbooks – modern thinking tends to “shy away from the term ‘feudalism’” Continue reading
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Tagged liminal, lower end, open hall, pantry, timber-framed, tripartite
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