Directory of Research and Expertise

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Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Archaeology, Early Modern, History, History of art, Medieval History, Metropolitan history, Modernism

Regions:

Europe, United Kingdom

Summary of research interests and expertise:

I am a cultural historian specialising in the interaction between the built environment and the politics and economics of the age. I have worked on British Architecture and urbanism from the Saxons to the present but concentrated mainly on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and on the architecture and landscape of royal courts. I also have an interest and expertise in debates on heritage, preservation and conservation.

Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
20-Apr-2017	Houses of Power: The Places that Shaped the Tudor World Monographs Thurely, Simon (2017). Houses of Power: The Places that Shaped the Tudor World, London: Penguin Publishing, ISBN: 978059307494
20-Aug-2013	Men from the Ministry Monographs Thurley, Simon (2013). Men from the Ministry: How Britain Saved its Heritage, London: Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300195729
12-Jun-2013	The Building of England Monographs Thurley, Simon (2013). The Building of England: How the History of England has Shaped our Buildings, London: William Collins Publishers, ISBN: 9780007301409
07-Jan-2012	English Heritage, Directors Choice series Monographs Thurley, Simon (2012). English Heritage, Director's Choice series, London: Scala Arts Publishers Inc., ISBN: 9781857597516
04-Jan-2010	Excavations at Oatlands Palace 1968-73 and 1983-4 Edited Book Poulton, R., Cook, A., and Thurley, S. (2010). Excavations at Oatlands Palace 1968-73 and 1983-4, Woking: Spoilheap Publications. ISBN-10: 0955884624
12-Jan-2009	Kensington Palace: an incident in Anglo-Dutch architectural collaboration? Journal articles Thurley, Simon (2009). Kensington Palace: an incident in Anglo-Dutch architectural collaboration?, The Georgian Group Journal (XVII) 2009, pp.1-18
07-Jan-2009	Somerset House Edited Book Thurley, S., Etherington-Smith, M., Howe, S., Watkin, D., Saumarez Smith, C., Graham-Dixon, A., Hunt, T., Apsden, P. (2009). Somerset House - The History, London: Somerset House Trust, ISBN-10: 0956266908
01-Jan-2009	The Cloister and the Hearth, Thomas Wolsey and the plan of the late Medieval Episcopal Mansion Journal articles Thurley, Simon (2009). The Cloister and the Hearth, Thomas Wolsey and the plan of the late Medieval Episcopal Mansion, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 162, (2009), pp.179-195.
10-Jan-2008	Whitehall Palace: The Official Illustrated History Monographs Thurley, Simon, (2008). Whitehall Palace: The Official Illustrated History, London: Merrell Publishers Ltd in association with Historic Royal Palaces, ISBN-10: 1858944244
01-Jan-2007	Architecture and Diplomacy; Greenwich Palace under the Stuarts Journal articles Thurley, Simon (2007). Architecture and Diplomacy; Greenwich Palace under the Stuarts, The Court Historian 11.2 (January 2007) pp.21-29.
02-Sep-2004	Hampton Court Palace Monographs Thurley, Simon (2004). Hampton Court Palace: A Social and Architectural History, London: Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300102239
08-May-2004	Lost Buildings of Britain Monographs Thurley, Simon (2004). Lost Buildings of Britain, London: Viking Press, ISBN-10: 0670915211
12-Sep-2003	Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History Monographs Thurley, Simon (2003). Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History, London: Yale University Press, ISBN-10: 0300102232
01-Jan-2002	The Stuart Kings, Oliver Cromwell and the Chapel Royal 1618-1685 Journal articles Thurley, Simon (2002). The Stuart Kings, Oliver Cromwell and the Chapel Royal 1618-1685, Architectural History, 45, (2002), pp.238-274.
12-Nov-1999	Whitehall Palace Monographs Thurley, Simon (1999). Whitehall Palace. An Architectural History of the Royal Apartments 1240-1698, London: Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300076394
31-Dec-1998	The Lost Palace of Whitehall Conference papers Thurley, Simon (1998). The Lost Palace of Whitehall, London: RIBA Heinz Gallery, ISBN-10: 1872911900
07-Jan-1998	Henry VIII and the Building of Hampton Court: A Reconstruction of the Tudor Palace Journal articles Thurley, S. (1998). Henry VIII and the Building of Hampton Court: A Reconstruction of the Tudor Palace’, Architectural History, 31, (1998), pp.1-57.
07-Jan-1998	Whitehall Palace Plan of 1670 Research aids Thurley, Simon (2003). Whitehall Palace Plan of 1670, London Topographical Society, ISBN-10: 0902087401
31-Jul-1995	The Privy Garden: The King's Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace Edited Book Thurley, Simon (1995). The Privy Garden: The King's Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace, London: Apollo Magazine, ISBN-10: 0952208164
06-Jan-1995	William III’s Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace: Research and Restoration Journal articles Thurley, Simon (1995). William III’s Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace: Research and Restoration, Apollo, (June, 1995), pp.3-22
01-Jan-1995	The Royal Lodgings at the Tower of London 1240-1320 Journal articles Thurley, Simon (1995). The Royal Lodgings at the Tower of London 1240-1320, Architectural History, 38, (1995), pp 36-37.
09-Jan-1994	The Building of the King’s Apartments, A most Popular Monarch Journal articles Thurley, Simon (1994). The Building of the King’s Apartments, A most Popular Monarch’, Apollo, CXL, (1994), No. 390, pp. 10-21.
27-Oct-1993	The Royal Palaces of Tudor England: A Social and Architectural History Monographs Thurley, Simon (1993). The Royal Palaces of Tudor England: A Social and Architectural History, London: Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300054200
13-Sep-1990	Henry VIII: Images of a Tudor King Edited Book Lloyd, C., and Thurley, S. (1990). Henry VIII: Images of a Tudor King, London: Phaidon Press Ltd, ISBN-10: 0714826995
09-Jan-1990	Whitehall Palace and King Street, Westminster: The Urban Cost of Princely Magnificence Journal articles Thurley, S. and Rosser, G. (1990), Whitehall Palace and King Street, Westminster: The Urban Cost of Princely Magnificence, London Topographical Record, XXVI, (1990), pp.57-77.
07-Jan-1990	Excavations on the West Side of Whitehall 1960-2 Part I: From the Building of the Tudor Palace to the Construction of the Modern Offices of State Journal articles Thurley, Simon (1990). Excavations on the West Side of Whitehall 1960-2 Part I: From the Building of the Tudor Palace to the Construction of the Modern Offices of State, The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions, (1990), pp.59-130.
06-Jan-1990	The Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court Journal articles Thurley, Simon (1990). The Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, CXLIII, (1990), pp.1-28.

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