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Sarah A. Bendall

Historian of Early Modern Fashion and Material Culture

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Henrietta Maria was frequently criticised for her lavish spending and continental tastes. Erin Griffey’s meticulous analysis of the queen’s household bills show that ‘rich’, ‘best’ and ‘fine’ were most common adjectives used to describe the garments and furnishings ordered by the queen. As well as employing French artisans, she patronised a wide array of London artisans too. In 1642 their wives petitioned parliament, fearing for their livelihoods as increased tensions forced the royal family to leave the capital. In the 17th century, a queen’s most trusted confident was sometimes her laundress. This is why Elizabeth Pearse was called to verify that Queen Mary of Modena had in fact given birth to a legitimate heir in the Warming-pan Scandal of 1688. The “Little Sancy”, also known as the Beau Sancy, was likely discovered in the sixteenth century in the diamond mines of Golconda, in present-day Telangana, India. The only known source of diamonds until 1725. Publication day for The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens (in the northern hemisphere at least!). Can a queen’s wardrobe help us understand the road to the English Civil Wars?
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