Comfort in the Eighteenth-Century Country House

By:

Jon Stobart

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies

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Country houses were grand statements of power and status, but they were also places where people lived. This book traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and the innovations in furniture that made them more convenient and comfortable. It argues that these material changes were just one aspect of comfort in the country house: feeling comfortable was just as important as being comfortable. Achieving this involved the comfort and solace to be found in daily routines, religious faith and, above all, relationships with family and friends. Such emotional comforts, and the attachment to things and places that embodied and memorialized them, made country houses into homes.

Author Biography:

Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Release date Australia

September 22nd, 2021

Author

Jon Stobart

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

3 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 31 Halftones, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

308

Series

Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies

ISBN-13

9781032072913

Product ID

34757598

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