Bess of Hardwick : new perspectives / edited by Lisa Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hopkins, Lisa, 1962- editor.

Manchester University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608.

Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot.

Countesses--England--Biography.

Countesses.

Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.

Great Britain.

History.

England--Social life and customs--16th century.

England.

Manners and customs.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 210 pages) : facsimilies; digital file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Bess of Hardwick was one of the most extraordinary figures of Elizabethan England. She was born the daughter of a country squire. But by the end of her long life (which a recent redating of her birth suggests was even longer than previously thought) she was the richest woman in England outside the royal family, had risen to the rank of countess and seen two of her daughters do the same and had built one of the major 'prodigy houses' of the period. While married to her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, she had been jailer to Mary, Queen of Scots, and her granddaughter by her second marriage, Lady Arbella Stuart, was of royal blood and might have succeeded to the throne of England. This wide-ranging collection brings out the full range of her activities and impact.

Contents:

1 Bess of Hardwick, a life p. 18 / Alan Bryson

2 Money, marriage and remembrance: telling stories from the Cavendish financial accounts p. 36 / Alison Wiggins

3 Bess's use of language p. 78 / Imogen Julia Marcus

4 Upper servants' letters and loyalties in the Shrewsbury-Stuart domestic politics of the 1580s p. 100 / Felicity Lyn Maxwell

5 Hardwick Hall: building a woman's house p. 121 / Sara L. French

6 Elizabeth Hardwick's material negotiations p. 142 / Jessica L. Malay

7 Bess of Hardwick's gynocracy in textiles p. 159 / Susan Frye

8 A difficult and volatile alliance: the countess of Shrewsbury and the Lady Arbella Stuart p. 181 / Sara Jayne Steen.

Notes:

Made available via: manchesterhive.

MUP 2020 titles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.

Description based on print record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hopkins, Lisa. Bess of Hardwick : new perspectives,

ISBN:

9781526101303

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