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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
Moderator/Chair:David H. Kennett, British Brick Society
Paper 1120-aEarly Brick Buildings in Staffordshire and beyond
(Language: English)
Mike J. Kingman, Independent Scholar, Yoxall
Index terms: Architecture - General, Social History, Technology
Paper 1120-bHolbein's Sitters and the Houses
(Language: English)
David H. Kennett, British Brick Society
Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Economics - General, Social History, Technology
Paper 1120-cHousing the Poor in Medieval Coventry
(Language: English)
Nat Alcock, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick
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.