IoA/BM Medieval Seminar: Joakim Thomasson
11 December 2018, 6:15 pm–7:30 pm
Joakim Thomasson (Lunds universitet): The making of urbanity: town architecture in the southern Baltic
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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Prof. Andrew Reynolds
Location
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IoA Room 61231-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PY
Towns are not just the structural settings that enable non-agrarian activities like craft and trade to emerge at specific places. Towns are also performed: produced and reproduced by people interacting with each other and with the social, spatial and material settings. One area of continuous negotiation and of vital importance for the recognition of urbanity is architecture. The lecture will address the general development of urban architecture in the culturally diverse area of the southern Baltic region during the Middle Ages and the beginning of Early Modern times. The characteristic stepped brick-built gable houses and timber-framed buildings are discussed in relation to changing circumstances in the social organisation of, and the power positions within, the building trade.