Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta

ISBN-13: 9780367439040 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 272 str.

George A. Said-Zammit

Opis

This book is concerned with a wide spectrum of early modern dwellings in Malta. It seeks to reach a deep and nuanced understanding of domestic space and how it relates to the islands’ history and the development of its society during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Spis treści

1. Malta and the Knights Hospitallers: an introduction 2. Maltese houses and their dwellers: a review of the main sources 3. The dwellings of Hospitaller Malta 4. A syntactical approach to the study of houses in Hospitaller Malta 5. Aspects of everyday life in the houses of Hospitaller Malta 6. Domestic space: the Knights Hospitallers and their legacy

O autorze

George A. Said-Zammit acquired a doctorate degree from the University of Leiden in 2016. He has authored various academic publications, and lectures on domestic space and space syntax at the Faculty for the Built Environment of the University of Malta. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.