Anne Clifford's autobiographical writing, 1590-1676 / edited and annotated by Jessica L. Malay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676, author.

Contributor:

Malay, Jessica L., editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676.

Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert.

Aristocracy (Social class)--England--Biography.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Nobility--England--Biography.

Nobility.

England--Social life and customs--17th century.

England.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 323 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Lady Anne Clifford (1590-1676) was a prominent noble woman in the seventeenth century. During her long life she experienced the courts of Elizabeth, James and Charles I. She fought a decades long battle to secure her inheritance of the Clifford lands of the north, providing a spirited and legally robust defense of her rights despite the opposition of powerful men, including James I. She eventually inherited the Clifford lands, and she describes her subsequent struggles to reclaim her authority in these lands still mired in the civil wars. Her autobiographies reveal her joys and griefs within a vivid description of seventeenth-century life. They reveal a personality that was vulnerable and determined; charitable and canny. Her autobiographies provide a window into a vibrant world of seventeenth-century life as lived by this complex and intriguing seventeenth-century woman.

Contents:

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

The Lady Anne Clifford's memoir, 1603

Countess of Dorset's diary, 1616, 1617 and 1619

The life of me the Lady Anne Clifford, 1589-1649

The Lady of the North, yearly memoirs, 1650-1675

Countess of Pembroke's daybook, 1676

Appendix: genealogical table

Glossary of persons

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781526117878

1526117878

9781526117885

1526117886

OCLC:

990849753

Publisher Number:

9781526117885 br