A Brief History of the Window Industry in the Middle Ages

In the mediaeval period, when people start to have more leisure, there is a rising middle class. And that really comes to the four, for example, with tudor buildings such as hardwick hall where the windows absolutely dominate the facade. They're there to express the status and wealth of bess of hardwick not just to look up at the facade, but ing out at all the land that she owned. This is partly to do, as well, with changes in glass technology. Even in the late sixteenth century, which is when hardwick hall was built, actually, the view wouldn't have been so great because glass was very tainted by a metal oxide. But certainly