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Honour and the classical tradition in architecture
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Burroughs, Charles |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Description | Book Name: The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture |
| Abstract | In 1804, Alexander Hamilton fell mortally wounded on the duelling grounds at Weehawken, just across the Hudson River from the nascent financial capital he had done so much to establish.$ ^{1}$ Hamilton’s death followed that of his eldest son Philip, in the same circumstance, by just three years, highlighting the persistence among European as well as Creole elites of a deadly code of honour. The perceived need to defend one’s honour at twelve paces brought a custom with mediaeval roots and associations into the world of counting houses and the display of rationality, for example, in land surveying and building;$ ^{2}$ there was also a certain “snobbish importation” of European fashions.$ ^{3}$ This chapter explores connections between the code of honour and architectural representation, especially with regard to the maintenance and display of the separation of master and servant, focusing on plantation societies dependent on enslaved labour. In the early United States, duelling was especially associated with the honour code of the southern states, where grand plantation houses deployed architectural classicism as a marker of status in a landscape of social and racial division.$ ^{4}$ Less well known is the presence of a plantation society in Hamilton’s Hudson Valley, including the environs of New York. In 1804, Alexander Hamilton fell mortally wounded on the duelling grounds at Weehawken, just across the Hudson River from the nascent financial capital he had done so much to establish.$ ^{1}$ Hamilton’s death followed that of his eldest son Philip, in the same circumstance, by just three years, highlighting the persistence among European as well as Creole elites of a deadly code of honour. The perceived need to defend one’s honour at twelve paces brought a custom with mediaeval roots and associations into the world of counting houses and the display of rationality, for example, in land surveying and building;$ ^{2}$ there was also a certain “snobbish importation” of European fashions.$ ^{3}$ This chapter explores connections between the code of honour and architectural representation, especially with regard to the maintenance and display of the separation of master and servant, focusing on plantation societies dependent on enslaved labour. In the early United States, duelling was especially associated with the honour code of the southern states, where grand plantation houses deployed architectural classicism as a marker of status in a landscape of social and racial division.$ ^{4}$ Less well known is the presence of a plantation society in Hamilton’s Hudson Valley, including the environs of New York. |
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| Ending Page | 163 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| Starting Page | 151 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315171104-10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2019-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: The Routledge Handbook On the Reception of Classical Architecture History Hamilton Houses Hudson River Hudson Valley Classicism Racial Division Mortally Wounded Code of Honour |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
