Spatial ordering dominated but never wholly replaced appearential order

Evidence

In the evaluation of the dominant moods of any historical period it is important to hold fast to the fact that there are always islands of self-sufficient order-on farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters-where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives: as moral as they can be, as free as they may be, as masterly as they can be. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 860 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Urban history trends from appearance-based to location-based ordering; Preindustrial cities appear disordered only because their ordering principle differs from ours; Sumptuary laws and hair rules publicly encoded class rank in preindustrial cities (+3 more)

Broader Connections