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COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
between the rival houses of York and Lancaster, distracted
England at this period.
1476. The introduction of printing by Caxton, a press
being established by him in the Almonry at Westminster.
1485. Accession of Henry VII. unites the Houses of
York and Lancaster, when a great impulse is given to the
development of political institutions. The Lady Margaret,
Countess of Richmond, as the foundress of colleges,
develops education, and influences art.
The introduction of gunpowder ruined feudalism, for for-
tresses which were impregnable against the bow of the
yeoman and retainer, crumbled before the new artillery,
which lay at the entire disposal of the king.
Houses are henceforward constructed, not as castles or
places of defence, but as residences, and from this period
modern ideas of domestic economy gradually transform
house planning. Sutton Place, near Guildford, is the earliest
example of a non-castellated domestic residence.
1520. Henry VIII. visits the French King (Francis I.)
at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; the king and the many
knights who followed in his train returned imbued with the
new style as practised in France. Girolamo da Trevigi (an
Italian) was appointed architect to Henry VIII.
These and various other causes lead to the great Renais-
sance movement, which is referred to under the head of
“Renaissance” (page 263).
The subject of the condition of the English is well
treated in “ A Short History of the English People,”
by J. R. Green, LL.D., which should be studied by every
student.
2. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER.
The development of architecture, during the Middle Ages,
is marked by a more complete sequence of style than upon
the continent. The Gothic style terminated in a very
national phase called the “Perpendicular,” not elsewhere
found. For special character of each period, see later,
pages 146, 147, 150, 154, 158.
COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
between the rival houses of York and Lancaster, distracted
England at this period.
1476. The introduction of printing by Caxton, a press
being established by him in the Almonry at Westminster.
1485. Accession of Henry VII. unites the Houses of
York and Lancaster, when a great impulse is given to the
development of political institutions. The Lady Margaret,
Countess of Richmond, as the foundress of colleges,
develops education, and influences art.
The introduction of gunpowder ruined feudalism, for for-
tresses which were impregnable against the bow of the
yeoman and retainer, crumbled before the new artillery,
which lay at the entire disposal of the king.
Houses are henceforward constructed, not as castles or
places of defence, but as residences, and from this period
modern ideas of domestic economy gradually transform
house planning. Sutton Place, near Guildford, is the earliest
example of a non-castellated domestic residence.
1520. Henry VIII. visits the French King (Francis I.)
at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; the king and the many
knights who followed in his train returned imbued with the
new style as practised in France. Girolamo da Trevigi (an
Italian) was appointed architect to Henry VIII.
These and various other causes lead to the great Renais-
sance movement, which is referred to under the head of
“Renaissance” (page 263).
The subject of the condition of the English is well
treated in “ A Short History of the English People,”
by J. R. Green, LL.D., which should be studied by every
student.
2. ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER.
The development of architecture, during the Middle Ages,
is marked by a more complete sequence of style than upon
the continent. The Gothic style terminated in a very
national phase called the “Perpendicular,” not elsewhere
found. For special character of each period, see later,
pages 146, 147, 150, 154, 158.