Bess of Hardwick

New perspectives
Herausgeber: Hopkins, Lisa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Born the daughter of a country squire, Bess of Hardwick made four marriages which brought her wealth and status. She built and furnished houses and founded a dynasty which included a granddaughter, Arbella Stuart, who had a claim to the thrones of both England and Scotland. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781526101297
• ISBN-10: 1526101297
• Artikelnr.: 53708618

Autorenporträt

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Lisa Hopkins 1. Bess of Hardwick, a life
Alan Bryson 2. Money, marriage and remembrance: telling stories from the Cavendish financial accounts
Alison Wiggins 3. Bess's use of language
Imogen Julia Marcus 4. Upper servants' letters and loyalties in the Shrewsbury
Stuart domestic politics of the 1580s
Felicity Lyn Maxwell 5. Hardwick Hall: building a woman's house
Sara L. French 6. Elizabeth Hardwick's material negotiations
Jessica L. Malay 7. Bess of Hardwick's gynocracy in textiles
Susan Frye 8. A difficult and volatile alliance: the Countess of Shrewsbury and the Lady Arbella Stuart
Sara Jayne Steen 9. Conclusion
Lisa Hopkins Selected bibliography Index