IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1120: Brick and Building: Rich Patrons, Poor Producers
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | David H. Kennett, British Brick Society |
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Moderator/Chair: | David H. Kennett, British Brick Society |
Paper 1120-a | Early Brick Buildings in Staffordshire and beyond (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Social History, Technology |
Paper 1120-b | Holbein's Sitters and the Houses (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Economics - General, Social History, Technology |
Paper 1120-c | Housing the Poor in Medieval Coventry (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Daily Life, Social History |
Abstract | An examination of the wealth of the patrons of high-class new buildings in brick in England and the comparative poverty of many of the producers of the raw materials for these buildings as well as of the workers who built them. |