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Fortress of the Soul
Neil Kamil
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Description for Fortress of the Soul
French Huguenots were colonial New York City's most successful artisans, turning out unrivaled works of furniture that were distinguished by unique designs and arcane details. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 1088 pages, 190, 178 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2406.
French Huguenots made enormous contributions to the life and culture of colonial New York during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Huguenot craftsmen were the city's most successful artisans, turning out unrivaled works of furniture which were distinguished by unique designs and arcane details. More than just decorative flourishes, however, the visual language employed by Huguenot artisans reflected a distinct belief system shaped during the religious wars of sixteenth-century France. In Fortress of the Soul, historian Neil Kamil traces the Huguenots' journey to New York from the Aunis-Saintonge region of southwestern France. There, in the sixteenth century, artisans had ... Read more
French Huguenots made enormous contributions to the life and culture of colonial New York during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Huguenot craftsmen were the city's most successful artisans, turning out unrivaled works of furniture which were distinguished by unique designs and arcane details. More than just decorative flourishes, however, the visual language employed by Huguenot artisans reflected a distinct belief system shaped during the religious wars of sixteenth-century France. In Fortress of the Soul, historian Neil Kamil traces the Huguenots' journey to New York from the Aunis-Saintonge region of southwestern France. There, in the sixteenth century, artisans had ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1088
Condition
New
Series
Early America: History, Context, Culture
Number of Pages
1088
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801873904
SKU
V9780801873904
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About Neil Kamil
Neil Kamil is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for Fortress of the Soul
Well-researched tome that is 'the story of a subterranean culture on the move, its membership fragmented by chronic warfare, exclusion, and political instability and actively in search of new modes of security.' Maine Antique Digest 2005 Imaginative and innovative treatment of the French Reformation. Renaissance Quarterly 2006 This lavish volume presents a wide-ranging and complex reading of its rather amorphous ... Read more