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Bess of Hardwick, a life Download; XML; Money, marriage and remembrance:: telling stories from the Cavendish financial accounts Download; XML; Bess’s use of language Download; XML; Upper servants’ letters and loyalties in the Shrewsbury–Stuart domestic politics of the 1580s Download; XML; Hardwick Hall:: building a woman’s house ...
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 ...
16 de sept. de 2021 · The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. Bess of Hardwick as Mistress St Lo.jpg 521 × 632; 326 KB. Bess of Hardwick- Derby Cathedral.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 638 KB. BessofHardwick.jpg 427 × 600; 60 KB. British (English) School - Elizabeth Hardwick (1520–1608), Countess of Shrewsbury, 'Bess of Hardwick' - 1129212 - National ...
Hace 3 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 ...
12 de feb. de 2008 · Bess of Hardwick was the proverbial legend in her own lifetime. From an unremarkable family, she became the second richest woman in England - only surpassed by Queen Elizabeth herself.
Bess van Hardwick. Elizabeth Talbot, gravin van Shrewsbury (ca. 1527 – 1608 ), beter bekend als Bess van Hardwick, was een Engelse aristocrate die in de 16e eeuw een van de belangrijkste figuren aan het hof van koningin Elizabeth was. Hoewel ze zelf naar contemporaine maatstaven van relatief lage afkomst was, wist Bess zich via vier ...
Abstract. Bess of Hardwick was the most remarkable woman in Elizabethan England, of chief historic interest, after the two Queens, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, with both of whom she was intimately acquainted over years. She was the grandest woman builder England has ever known, having built the new Hardwick Hall — loveliest of ...
