Schroder 'A Marvel to Behold': Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-849-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 398 Seiten

Bringing the existence and significance of the lost riches of Henry VIII back to life, this book sheds new light on Henrician and Tudor court culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroder, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Antiquitäten, Sammelobjekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Glossary
Magnificence and princely virtue
The Jewel House
The King's Inheritance
'Heaven Smiles, Earth Rejoices'
'Defender of the Faith': Spectacle and the Church
Royal Banquets
'Rich, Fierce, and Greedy for Glory'
Thomas Wolsey, Patron of Goldsmiths
The Field of Cloth of Gold
Holbein and the 'Antique'
The Family Silver
Cromwell, the Tower and the Goldsmiths
Dissolution and augmentation
'Most Avaricious of Men'
'Sic Transit Gloria Mundi': The Fate of Henry VIII's Plate and Jewels
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Schroder Timothy:
TIMOTHY SCHRODER was Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum and a Consultant Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Current or recent roles include Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, President of the Silver Society and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection. Publications include English Domestic Silver, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver and British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum.