Residential Network of the Waldstein Family in the 17th and 18th century

Abstract

Besides construction and external appearance of residences belonging to the important Bohemian noble family of the Waldsteins, the article comments on their internal arrangements, which reflect the contemporary demands for dweilling and materiál culture as well as the users´ personal preferences. The palace is thus not approached as an inanimate historical landmark, but as a source of understanding the everydayness of the Waldsteins in the Baroque period.

Keywords

• residential network
• nobility
• 17th and 18th century
• baroque