HIST 840
SYLLABUS
WEEKLY DISCUSSION MATERIALS
COURSE MATERIALS

Week 3

THE EARLIEST HOUSES; DECODING THE EVIDENCE (LANGUAGE, ARCHIVES, ART); THE ENGLISH HOUSE AND HALL, 400-1600

 

Videos:

Skara Brae neolithic village. 5:32 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de4kOrOaNyI

Worsley, Lucy. “If Walls Could Talk – The History of the Home” (British domestic life, medieval-present day):

“Episode 1. The Living Room” (58:59 min.): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5myen9?playlist=x6o50m

Early doll houses:

“The Miniaturist: Real-Life History” (about Dutch doll-houses of the 17th century; 7:13 min,):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGb_M0dBcs

“Dutch cabinet kitchen, c. 1670-1700” (images only) (in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 3:00 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe0IJ7buXMg

[Photos only:] “The magical miniature world of antique dollhouses” (from the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, and USA)

 

Readings:

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapter 2 (“Starter Homes”), pp. 15-31

Judith Flanders, The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 2014), Chapter 1: “Home Thoughts: An Introduction,” pp.1-20; Plates 1-5; endnotes at pp. 283-285. [Available via Canvas]

Bryson, At Home, Chapters 2 (“The Setting”) and 3 (“The Hall”), pp. 54-105