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21 de dic. de 2012 · Elizabeth, countess of Shrewsbury (c1522-1608), known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’, is one of Elizabethan England’s most famous figures. She is renowned as a matriarch and dynast and perhaps best known as the builder of Hardwick Hall and Chatsworth House. The story of her life as told to date typically emphasises: her rise through the ranks of ...
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.
Bess wurde bekannt durch ihre Bauprojekte, besonders Hardwick Hall (“Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall”) und Chatsworth House, den heutigen Sitz der Dukes of Devonshire, die als Nachkommen von Bess und ihrem zweiten Mann immer noch den Familiennamen Cavendish tragen. Einzelnachweise
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.
Hace 5 días · 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 ...
30 de mar. de 2021 · Hear the story of Bess of Hardwick who rose from a modest background to become a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I, keeper and confidant to Mary Queen of Sco...
- 7 min
- 1808
- Chesterfield Borough Council
