Intellectual Culture of the English Country House, 1500-1700

The Intellectual Culture Of The English Country House Is A Ground-breaking Collection Of Essays By Leading And Emerging Scholars, Which Uncovers The Vibrant Intellectual Life Of Early Modern Provincial England. The Essays In The Volume Explore Architectural Planning; Libraries And Book Collecting; Landscape Gardening; Interior Design; The History Of Science And Scientific Experimentation; And The Collection Of Portraits And Paintings. The Essays Demonstrate The Significance Of The English Country House (e.g. Knole House, Castle Howard, Penshurst Place) And Its Place Within Larger Local Cultures That It Helped To Create And Shape. They Provide A Substantial Overview Of The Country House Culture Of Early Modern England And The Complicated Relationship Between The Provinces And The National, The Country And The City, In A Period Of Rapid Social, Intellectual And Economic Transformation. It Will Appeal To Anyone Interested In The Culture Of The Country House And Its Place In Early Modern England. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.the Lordship Of The Eye: Country Houses As The Setting For Intellectual Enquiry In The Early Modern Period / Maurice Howard -- I.reconstructing The English Country House -- 2.`in His Own Image': Architectural Patronage And Self-symbolism In Archbishop Warham's Motivations For Rebuilding The Palace At Otford (c.1514 -- 26) / Alden Gregory -- 3.rediscovering A Lost Tudor Mansion Through Archives And Manuscripts: The Rycote Project At The Bodleian Library / Matthew Neely -- 4.`to Penshurst' And To Knole: Networks Of Patronage Between Two Jacobean Country Houses / Edward Town -- Ii.the Culture Of The English Country House -- 5.decorating The Godly Gallery: Piety And Politics In Plasterwork At Lanhydrock House, Cornwall / Tara Hamling -- 6.sir Thomas Smith's Stillhouse At Hill Hall: Books, Practice, Antiquity And Innovation / Richard Simpson -- 7.`a Most Studious Searcher After Truth': The 9th Earl Of Northumberland And Scientia / Alison Mccann -- 8.anne Finch And The Fallen Country House / Nicolle Jordan -- 9.elite Pageantry As Popular News: Elvetham House, John Wolfe And Country-house Entertainment In Print / Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich -- Iii.the Country House Library And Its Intellectual Significance -- 10.country Houses And The Beginnings Of Bibliomania / James Raven -- 11.looking Back From 1700: Problems In Locating The Country House Library / Susie West -- 12.`my Laydes Bookes Att Noward...': Book Use And Book Storage At Naworth Castle In The Late Seventeenth Century / Hannah Degroff -- Iv.case Study: Wilton House -- 13.wilton House, Theatre And Power / Marta Straznicky -- 14.wilton House And The Art Of Floating Meadows / Louise Noble -- 15.wilton House And Seventeenth-century Country House Literature / Anne M. Myers. Edited By Matthew Dimmock, Andrew Hadfield And Margaret Healy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.