Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden