Bess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes

Cultural Legacies of Captivity
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-89355-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Queenship and Power

This book examines the cultural legacies of the fifteen years that Mary Queen of Scots spent as a prisoner in the household of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury. It proposes four main areas of influence: first, that although Mary never visited Hardwick New Hall, the experience of keeping Mary captive affected the way that Bess conceived and furnished the house; second, that Mary’s insistence on having copious meals ceremonially served to her can be traced in the recipe and remedy books of two of Bess’s granddaughters; third, that Mary’s status as royal prisoner is echoed in the life of a third granddaughter, Lady Arbella Stuart; and fourth, that the necessity of defending Cavendish-Talbot residences from attack informed the way that Bess’s son Charles Cavendish built Bolsover Castle and coloured the way that two of Bess’s great-granddaughters described their experiences during the English Civil War in a jointly authored play.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hopkins, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch 1: Introduction.- Ch 2: More Wall Than Glass.- Ch 3: Eating and Drinking.- Ch 4: In Sickness and in Health.- Ch 5: Scandals and Spies.- Ch 6: Captivity Replayed: Arbella Stuart.- Ch 7: Entrances, Exits and Sieges.

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Hopkins is Professor Emerita of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is a co-editor of and of , the journal of the British Shakespeare Association, and a series editor for Arden Critical Readers and Arden Studies in Early Modern Drama. Her most recent publications include , co-edited with Bill Angus, and her edition of John Ford’s . She also writes about detective fiction; her book  was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023.