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Embroidering Her Truth

- Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power
Af: Clare Hunter Engelsk Paperback

Embroidering Her Truth

- Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power
Af: Clare Hunter Engelsk Paperback
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I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the material world that shaped her.

At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom.

In sixteenth-century Europe women''s voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency. From her lavishly embroidered gowns as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court and the subversive messages she embroidered in captivity for her supporters, Mary used textiles to advance her political agenda, affirm her royal lineage and tell her own story.

In this eloquent cultural biography, Clare Hunter exquisitely blends history, politics and memoir to tell the story of a queen in her own voice.

''[A] charmed feat of imagination and learning'' HILARY MANTEL

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I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the material world that shaped her.

At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom.

In sixteenth-century Europe women''s voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency. From her lavishly embroidered gowns as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court and the subversive messages she embroidered in captivity for her supporters, Mary used textiles to advance her political agenda, affirm her royal lineage and tell her own story.

In this eloquent cultural biography, Clare Hunter exquisitely blends history, politics and memoir to tell the story of a queen in her own voice.

''[A] charmed feat of imagination and learning'' HILARY MANTEL

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9781529346282
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1529346282
Kategori: Broderi
Udg. Dato: 19 jan 2023
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Hodder & Stoughton
Oplagsdato: 19 jan 2023
Forfatter(e): Clare Hunter
Forfatter(e) Clare Hunter


Kategori Broderi


ISBN-13 9781529346282


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 416


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 19 jan 2023


Oplagsdato 19 jan 2023


Forlag Hodder & Stoughton

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