Identidad de grupos y arquitectura doméstica. Notas para la arquitectura doméstica en Bergara en los siglos XVI y XVII

GIL MASSA, Jesús Ángel

Publication year:

2003

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

84-8419-913-4

ISSN:

1137-439X

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Summary

During the Ancient Regime the primitive single-class character of medieval towns collapses and social hierarchy manifests itself in domestic architecture. Dominant groups intend to distinguish their houses within the urban framework as their public image and reflection of their social position. In order to do so, they will use various resources, from the most primary, like the size of the houses or the materials with which they are built, to other resources like collective memory, as in the use of elements from the military tradition. Finally, they also use artistic languages, and an .erudite. architecture as the best sign of group identity in contrast with the bulk of the population.