HIS368H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Great Rebuilding, Social Stratification, Renaissance Architecture
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October 26th, 2017: introduction, urban life, demography, london, housing. Immigration: dutch and french aliens, settlement and work. London: london was a walled square mile, only a mile in either direction around the tower of london, with increase of population there is an increase in development. It also makes sense to split up the rooms because it makes rent cheaper: the crown tries to control this subdivision and is anxious of the overcrowding of. In the 17th century we see the intro of renaissance architecture in england (covent. Garden, banqueting house: tension in the city as a result of planned building vs unplanned building. James and charles tend to punish people who engage in unplanned building and there were many cases of demolition. Settlement and work: the gild system has regulated work, meaning no non-englishman can work in the gild system, the dutch are prohibited from working in city of london unless they work in the.
