Review: Open City: London, 1500–1700

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Review Article| September 01 2013 Review: Open City: London, 1500–1700 Open City: London, 1500–1700 Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. 5 June–30 September 2012 Cynthia R. Field Cynthia R. Field 1University of Maryland Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2013) 72 (3): 401–403. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2013.72.3.401 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Cynthia R. Field; Review: Open City: London, 1500–1700. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 September 2013; 72 (3): 401–403. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2013.72.3.401 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search The main theme of Open City: London, 1500–1700 was the growth, or opening, of London geographically, commercially, and socially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This period was chosen as one of unusually dramatic urban change, which curators Kathleen Lynch and Betsy Walsh attributed to political change, religious upheaval, and rising consumer consumption. Their approach was to make their case by demonstrating transitions in three public arenas: religious practice, theater, and the market. Between 1500 and 1700 London’s population grew tenfold, according to the introductory wall label. Accommodating the new population required expansion. Help came from the turn away from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of England. This resulted in the dissolution of the monasteries, which led in turn to the development of new residential neighborhoods through the reuse of land and of some buildings. The exhibition’s starting point is the publication of Monasticum Anglicanum (1661) by William... You do not currently have access to this content.