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Embroidering Her Truth: Mary Queen of Scots and the Language of Power

Clare Hunter

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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.

Format:

Pages:: 416 pages

Publication:: 2022

Publisher:: Sceptre

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 152934624X

ISBN13:: 9781529346244

kindle Asin:: B0B9MKLJG1

Embroidering Her Truth: Mary Queen of Scots and the Language of Power

Clare Hunter

4.21/5 (285 ratings)

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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.

Format:

Pages:: 416 pages

Publication:: 2022

Publisher:: Sceptre

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 152934624X

ISBN13:: 9781529346244

kindle Asin:: B0B9MKLJG1

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