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31 de oct. de 2023 · Hardwick’s history is closely associated with the lady who built it, born Elizabeth Hardwick, who became Countess of Shrewsbury, known to many simply as ‘Bess of Hardwick’. Born on the site of Hardwick Old Hall, Bess rose to a position of great power within Elizabethan society. The very fact that Hardwick was built is a sure sign of Bess ...
13 de jul. de 2016 · Royal Crown Derby has also created a special Bess of Hardwick five-petal tray, in memory of the woman who bequeathed a “dynasty of dukedoms.”. “She would have had to be tough to survive in the 16th century,” Entwistle says. “She has been accused of being manipulating, ruthless, unwomanly.
19 de may. de 2024 · Noblewoman; wife of 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 'Bess of Hardwick' was one of the wealthiest people in late Elizabethan England, and an important patron of architecture. She acquired her wealth through a succession of four progressively more profitable marriages, and through her own business acumen. She is remembered mainly for the house she had built at Hardwick, to a plan by the great Elizabethan ...
7 de mar. de 2023 · Bess de Hardwick fue una arquitecta y empresaria inglesa considerada como una de las mujeres más ricas de Inglaterra durante el periodo Tudor. Al pertenecer a la nobleza, pudo diseñar y financiar la construcción de varias casas de campo impresionantes como Chatsworth House , Hardwick Hall y la hoy inexistente mansión de Oldcotes .
Y pese a sus fechas de construcción, la obra tiene mucho de gótica, si bien se ha sabido conjugar con las comodidades de una sociedad más moderna que la del Medievo. El palacete fue promovido por Bess de Hardwick, Condesa de Shrewsbury (1527 – 1608), la cual usó prácticamente toda su riqueza para levantar esta mansión de Hardwick Hall.
The letters of the indomitable Elizabethan matriarch and dynast Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c.1527-1608, known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’), provide an unparalleled historical resource. Her letters number almost 250 items of correspondence (over 70 of which are from Elizabeth Talbot, mainly written in her own hand) include over 60 ...
Bess of Hardwick. Rising from a modest background to become a friend of Elizabeth I and one of the richest women of her time, Bess was also a tireless and ambitious builder, whose houses symbolised her rise to wealth and power. Lived: 1527–1608. Field: Noblewoman and builder. Key fact: Survived four husbands and built two magnificent and ...
