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RM2DF0B48 – Una vista del siglo XIX de la galería de retratos en Hardwick Hall un ejemplo de la casa de prodigio isabelino en Derbyshire, Inglaterra. Fue construido entre 1590 y 1597 para la formidable Bess of Hardwick, la mujer más rica de Inglaterra después de la reina Isabel I, una declaración visible de su riqueza y poder.
Elizabeth Hardwick, o Hardwicke, contessa di Shrewsbury, conosciuta con il nome di Bess di Hardwick (1527 – 13 febbraio 1608), è stata una nobildonna britannica figlia di John Hardwick. Fu una figura importante della società elisabettiana inglese del XVI secolo: con una serie di matrimoni ben fatti, salì ai più alti livelli della nobiltà inglese e divenne enormemente ricca.
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 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
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 ...
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19 de nov. de 2020 · Portrait of Elizabeth I at Hardwick Hall, from the workshop of Nicholas Hilliard, c.1599 (Image Credit: Public Domain) In 1574, Bess pushed her dynastic ambitions too far, seriously angering the queen. She had secretly secured the marriage of her second daughter Elizabeth to Charles Stuart, a nephew to Henry VIII.
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