Noble Nomad?

The Residential System of Charles of Croy (1560-1612)

By (author) Sanne Maekelberg

Book cover: Noble Nomad?

Extent: 250 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Architecture, Early Modern & Renaissance Studies

Series: Architectura Moderna

Series volume number: 15

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 2026)

ISBN: 9782503591377

Price: $125.00

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Charles III of Croy, Duke of Aarschot, was one of the highest noblemen of the Low Countries and a foremost patron of the arts and architecture, a military commander and heir to the illustrious Croy dynasty. In 1595 he inherited a vast collection of domains and residences, for which he developed extensive and ambitious renovation plans. Using a wide range of sources specific to architectural history and history of the nobility, combined with tools from the digital humanities, this book presents for the first time an in-depth study of Charles of Croy’s patronage and architectural programme and how these were used to express status and pageantry to the contemporary observer.

  • By (author) Sanne Maekelberg