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Constructing splendour: the wardrobe of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588), consumption and networks of Production. Two volumes

Constructing splendour: the wardrobe of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588), consumption and networks of Production. Two volumes
Constructing splendour: the wardrobe of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588), consumption and networks of Production. Two volumes
This thesis examines the networks involved in the production of the wardrobe of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588). It is clearly demonstrated that Leicester’s dress placed him alongside his contemporaries within the nobility. A successful and well functioning wardrobe network was crucial to achieving the required standard of dress. Establishing the identity of the individual members of the network enables the further examination of each person’s role within the network, and in dressing Leicester. Comprised of English masters embedded in their livery company politics and punctuated with foreign masters, the network provides an insight into business practice and social interaction in sixteenth century London.
Wedge, Tracey Leigh
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Wedge, Tracey Leigh
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Hayward, M.A.
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Wedge, Tracey Leigh (2013) Constructing splendour: the wardrobe of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588), consumption and networks of Production. Two volumes. University of Southampton, Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral Thesis, 424pp.

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This thesis examines the networks involved in the production of the wardrobe of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588). It is clearly demonstrated that Leicester’s dress placed him alongside his contemporaries within the nobility. A successful and well functioning wardrobe network was crucial to achieving the required standard of dress. Establishing the identity of the individual members of the network enables the further examination of each person’s role within the network, and in dressing Leicester. Comprised of English masters embedded in their livery company politics and punctuated with foreign masters, the network provides an insight into business practice and social interaction in sixteenth century London.

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Published date: December 2013
Organisations: University of Southampton, History

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Local EPrints ID: 377483
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377483
PURE UUID: 48c4147e-83df-4ba1-8740-be085ddf76a5
ORCID for M.A. Hayward: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-4383

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Date deposited: 08 Jul 2015 15:52
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:17

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Author: Tracey Leigh Wedge
Thesis advisor: M.A. Hayward ORCID iD

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