{"product_id":"the-building-accounts-of-the-charlotte-a-stanford-9781783270668","title":"The Building Accounts of the Savoy Hospital, London, 1512-1520","description":"First printed edition of the building accounts of one of London's most remarkable edifices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFounded by Henry VII, the Savoy hospital was designed to execute corporal works of mercy and commemorate the king through prayer by housing one hundred poor men every night in palatial surroundings. The building complex, one of the landmarks of early Tudor London, was unique for English hospitals in its adoption of a cross-shaped ward, but its structural details have remained obscure.\u003cbr\u003e Published for the first time here, the building accounts record, edited here for the first time, provides detailed evidence of that structure, as well as of the hundreds of craftsmen and laborers who toiled to complete it. In addition to the accounts themselves, this volume contains a thorough contextual introduction, elucidatory notes, and a glossary of building terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charlotte A. Stanford is Associate Professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte A. Stanford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783270667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783270668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 9.50w x 1.50d","brand":"Charlotte A. Stanford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447978897663,"sku":"9781783270668","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_534adc10-5891-4b96-846e-9fb20552c0a5.jpg?v=1777236090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-building-accounts-of-the-charlotte-a-stanford-9781783270668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}