Share
West Country to World's End: The South West in the Tudor Age (in English)
Susan Flavin
(Author)
·
Karen Heard
(Author)
·
Stephanie Pratt
(Author)
·
Paul Holberton Publishing
· Paperback
West Country to World's End: The South West in the Tudor Age (in English) - Flavin, Susan ; Heard, Karen ; Pratt, Stephanie
$ 4.19
$ 5.98
You save: $ 1.79
Choose the list to add your product or create one New List
✓ Product added successfully to the Wishlist.
Go to My WishlistsIt will be shipped from our warehouse between
Friday, June 14 and
Tuesday, June 18.
You will receive it anywhere in United States between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.
Synopsis "West Country to World's End: The South West in the Tudor Age (in English)"
During the Tudor Age the South West was famed for the innovation and endeavor of its people. Devon sea dogs Drake, Raleigh and Hawkins sailed to 'World's End' in their pursuit of treasure and glory, Exeter's Nicholas Hilliard produced exquisite miniature portraits of courtiers while fellow Exonian Thomas Bodley re-founded Oxford University's library, later named the Bodleian in his honor. These men lived during the religious turmoil and political intrigue of Elizabeth I's reign - a time of opportunity for the merchants and traders of Devon. Many grew rich on the fruits of overseas trade and expressed their new status through fashionable houses, fine furnishings, decoration and valuable personal possessions. The demand for goods was met by a network of local craft workers: plasterers, masons, carpenters, lace-makers and goldsmiths. Aspects of their lives are revealed in this book, published to accompany the fascinating exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, which will draw together paintings, artifacts and documents from galleries, museums and record offices to tell the story of the South West and its people set against the backdrop of one of the most, evocative periods in British history.
