Dressed to rule : royal and court costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II /

"Throughout history rulers have used dress as a form of legitimisation and propaganda. While palaces, pictures and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch's predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mansel, Philip, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Courts and courtiers > Clothing.
Kings and rulers > Clothing.
Cours et courtisans > Costume.
Courts and courtiers > Clothing
Kings and rulers > Clothing
Herrschaft
Mode
Monarchie
Aristokratie
Hofkleidung
Kostuums.
Hofdracht.
Vorsten.
Europe > Court and courtiers > Clothing.
Great Britain > Court and courtiers > Clothing.
France > Court and courtiers > Clothing.
Europe > Kings and rulers > Clothing.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Clothing.
France > Kings and rulers > Clothing.
Europe
France
Great Britain
Europa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Splendour
  • Service
  • Identity
  • Revolutions
  • The age of gold
  • Empires.

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