Continuity or change? The influence of the liturgical year on the wardrobe of Henry VIII
Continuity or change? The influence of the liturgical year on the wardrobe of Henry VIII
This paper will show that Henry VIII followed the protocols laid down in fifteenth century royal household ordinances which dictated what the monarch should wear on the key liturgical feast days. Indeed, these ordinances not only stipulated what the wardrobe of the robes should provide for the king to wear but also dictated how the wardrobe of the beds should furnish the king's apartments with textiles of a matching colour. It will then explore whether a change can be detected in Henry’s celebration of the religious cycle after the mid 1530s. In addition, his adherence to the demands of the liturgical year will be set in context by reference to his predecessors and successors on the English throne as a further means of assessing the impact of the Reformation on English court ceremonial in the second half of the sixteenth century.
clothing, textiles, liturgical year, Henry VIII, household ordinances, the reformation
9783905014402
155-167
Hayward, Maria
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Schwinges, Rainer Christoph
2011
Hayward, Maria
4be652e4-dcc0-4b5b-bf0b-0f845fce11c1
Schwinges, Rainer Christoph
Hayward, Maria
(2011)
Continuity or change? The influence of the liturgical year on the wardrobe of Henry VIII.
In,
Schorta, Regula and Schwinges, Rainer Christoph
(eds.)
Fashion and Clothing in Late Medieval Europe/Mode und Kleidung im Europa des späten Mittelalters.
Riggisberg, Switzerland; Basel, Switzerland.
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This paper will show that Henry VIII followed the protocols laid down in fifteenth century royal household ordinances which dictated what the monarch should wear on the key liturgical feast days. Indeed, these ordinances not only stipulated what the wardrobe of the robes should provide for the king to wear but also dictated how the wardrobe of the beds should furnish the king's apartments with textiles of a matching colour. It will then explore whether a change can be detected in Henry’s celebration of the religious cycle after the mid 1530s. In addition, his adherence to the demands of the liturgical year will be set in context by reference to his predecessors and successors on the English throne as a further means of assessing the impact of the Reformation on English court ceremonial in the second half of the sixteenth century.
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Published date: 2011
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clothing, textiles, liturgical year, Henry VIII, household ordinances, the reformation
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/79948
ISBN: 9783905014402
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Regula Schorta
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Rainer Christoph Schwinges
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