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Bess of Hardwick's letters, which number almost 250 items of correspondence, bring to life her extraordinary story and allow us to eavesdrop on her world. Her letters allow us to reposition Bess as a complex woman of her times, immersed in the literacy and textual practices of everyday life, as her correspondence extends from servants, friends and family, to queens and officers of state.
Bess blev känd för sina byggprojekt, särskilt två av dem: Chatsworth, numera säte för hertigarna av Devonshire, vars familjenamn fortfarande är Cavendish eftersom de är ättlingar från hennes andra äktenskap) och Hardwick Hall, om vilket man sagt i mer än 400 år nu: "Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall," (eftersom det har så många, och stora, fönster).
An introduction to Bess of Hardwick, a phenomenal woman who rose from being born into minor gentry to becoming the second wealthiest woman in England after Q...
- 30 min
- 3.6K
- History and Coffee (also Books, Pens & Music)
Hace 5 días · Hardwick Old Hall is one of the most innovative houses of the Tudor period. It was built between 1587 and 1596 by Bess of Hardwick, who was among the richest and best-connected women of the Elizabethan age. A radical modern mansion, it drew on the latest Italian innovations in house design. Although the Old Hall is now a magnificent shell, it ...
Bess Of Hardwick, Derby: Consulta 3 opiniones, artículos, y fotos de Bess Of Hardwick, clasificada en Tripadvisor en el N.°84 de 84 atracciones en Derby.
Some context is provided by their cost: it is perhaps an unfair comparison but, whereas the Hardwick Abrahams cost 14s. and 20s. per ell, the royal set was valued at the time of the Commonwealth sales in 1649–50 at almost £10 per ell. Whereas Henry’s tapestries were supplied by Willem de Kempeneer, one of the foremost Brussels entrepreneurs, Bess’s tapestries have an unknown maker’s ...
