Bess of Hardwick's Letters: Language, Materiality, and Early Modern Epistolary Culture

By Alison Wiggins

Book Overview

Bess of Hardwick's Letters is the first book-length study of the c.250 letters to and from the remarkable Elizabethan dynast, matriarch and builder of houses Bess of Hardwick (c.1527-1608). Incorporating a range of historical sources-including Account Books, inventories, needlework and textile art and architecture-author Alison Wiggins discloses the vital importance of letter-writing for Bess's ventures in politics, patronage, business, legal negotiation, news-gathering and domestic life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367140330
• ISBN13: 9780367140335
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"