The Origins of 18th-Century Neo-Medievalism in a Georgian Norman Castle Export

@article{citeulike:3818922, abstract = {"Gothick" in the first decades of the 18th century often simply meant "medieval," an inclusive term for both the round-arched Norman and the later pointed forms. But architectural historians using terms more precisely, have tended to focus on pointed arches. The round-arched, or Neo-Norman, expressions of medievalism in the baroque period have thus been largely ignored. This study sets out to remedy that deficiency by concentrating on one particular castle, a remarkably early instance of neo-medievalist design. The castle in question is Shirburn in Oxfordshire. It was rebuilt between 1716 and 1725 by Thomas Parker, first Earl of Macclesfield, probably to assert a link with a supposed Norman foundation. Parker was Lord Chancellor from 1718 until his fall in 1725. The castle was not a folly but his country seat. That a prominent member of the first generation of the Whig Oligarchy should have chosen to rebuild a medieval moated castle in round-arched Vanbrughian forms, rather than work in the Palladian manner of the next decade or the Gothic shapes of the second generation Whigs, is significant. It underlines the fact that romanticism as an architectural impulse must be held to include Neo-Norman as well as Neo-Gothic elements, and at a period earlier than most historians suggest: the second and third decades of the 18th century.}, author = {Mowl, Timothy and Earnshaw, Brian}, citeulike-article-id = {3818922}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/989646}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/989646}, doi = {10.2307/989646}, issn = {00379808}, journal = {The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians}, keywords = {18th, 19th, british, century, history}, number = {4}, pages = {289--294}, posted-at = {2009-03-10 06:51:35}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Society of Architectural Historians}, title = {The Origins of 18th-Century Neo-Medievalism in a Georgian Norman Castle}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/989646}, volume = {40}, year = {1981} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3818922 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3818922 N2 - "Gothick" in the first decades of the 18th century often simply meant "medieval," an inclusive term for both the round-arched Norman and the later pointed forms. But architectural historians using terms more precisely, have tended to focus on pointed arches. The round-arched, or Neo-Norman, expressions of medievalism in the baroque period have thus been largely ignored. This study sets out to remedy that deficiency by concentrating on one particular castle, a remarkably early instance of neo-medievalist design. The castle in question is Shirburn in Oxfordshire. It was rebuilt between 1716 and 1725 by Thomas Parker, first Earl of Macclesfield, probably to assert a link with a supposed Norman foundation. Parker was Lord Chancellor from 1718 until his fall in 1725. The castle was not a folly but his country seat. That a prominent member of the first generation of the Whig Oligarchy should have chosen to rebuild a medieval moated castle in round-arched Vanbrughian forms, rather than work in the Palladian manner of the next decade or the Gothic shapes of the second generation Whigs, is significant. It underlines the fact that romanticism as an architectural impulse must be held to include Neo-Norman as well as Neo-Gothic elements, and at a period earlier than most historians suggest: the second and third decades of the 18th century. IS - 4 JF - The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians SN - 00379808 EP - 294 TI - The Origins of 18th-Century Neo-Medievalism in a Georgian Norman Castle PB - Society of Architectural Historians VL - 40 SP - 289 KW - 18th KW - 19th KW - british KW - century KW - history AU - Mowl, Timothy AU - Earnshaw, Brian PY - 1981/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/989646 ER -