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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 r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hopkins, Lisa, 1962- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Edición:1st
Temas:
Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, > Countess of, > 1527?-1608.
Talbot, Elizabeth > (1527?-1608) > Critique et interpretation.
1558-1603
Countesses > England > Biography.
Comtesses > Angleterre > Biographies.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Letters.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Countesses.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire)
England.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Lisa Hopkins<BR>1. Bess of Hardwick, a life
  • Alan Bryson<BR>2. Money, marriage and remembrance: telling stories from the Cavendish financial accounts<b></b>
  • Alison Wiggins<BR>3. Bess's use of language
  • Imogen Julia Marcus<BR>4. Upper servants' letters and loyalties in the Shrewsbury-Stuart domestic politics of the 1580s
  • Felicity Lyn Maxwell<BR>5. Hardwick Hall: building a woman's house
  • Sara L. French<BR>6. Elizabeth Hardwick's material negotiations
  • Jessica L. Malay<BR>7. Bess of Hardwick's gynocracy in textiles
  • Susan Frye<BR>8. A difficult and volatile alliance: the Countess of Shrewsbury and the Lady Arbella Stuart
  • Sara Jayne Steen<BR>9. Conclusion
  • Lisa Hopkins<BR>Selected bibliography<BR>Index

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