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Dress and fashion at Henry's court
No full textIn the reign of Henry VIII clothing was an increasingly important part of court life. Maria Hayward explains howimportant it was for the King to dress the part, through making contacts with merchants and spending lavishly on new, luxury textiles. To maintain his place at the forefront of society and style, Henry was supported by the King's tailor and the office of the Great Wardrobe. The author makes the point that Henry was eminently suited to leading fashion while he was young and fit but that this was harder when he became older and fatter. The fascinating relationship between Henry's clothing and armour is explored; both were essentail in creating an image of magnificence. Today much of his armour survives, but sadly his costume does not
In their father's image? The role of textiles in defining the households of Henry VIII's children
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The 'Empresse of Flowers': the significance of floral imagery in two portraits of Elizabeth I at Jesus College, Oxford
No full textThis paper will consider the significance of flowers in Elizabeth I's portraiture and dress and it will do so by focusing on two portraits of the queen at Jesus College, Oxford
The packing and transportation of the possessions of Henry VIII, with particular reference to the 1547 inventory
No full textThe Material World of a Restoration Queen Consort: The Privy Purse Accounts of Catherine of Braganza
No full textReflections on gender and status distinctions: an analysis of the Liturgical Textiles Record in mid-sixteenth-century London
No full textThis paper considers the relative significance of social standing and gender in parish life within early modern London, and how this was expressed via their liturgical textiles up to 1552. The data are drawn from the 1552 parish inventories that recorded these textiles and the other appurtenances of worship. Vestments worn for communion, robes for boy choristers and the range of textiles associated with birth, christening, churching, marriage and death are evaluated to see how far they reveal distinctions between men and women, adults and children, rich and poor, laity and clergy. A range of differences can be seen, as can the way in which social and gender considerations interlink
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