Timothy Schroder (Royalty Account)

'A Marvel to Behold': Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing the existence and significance of the lost riches of Henry VIII back to life, this book sheds new light on Henrician and Tudor court culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 174mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1194g
• ISBN-13: 9781783275076
• ISBN-10: 1783275073
• Artikelnr.: 58452512

Autorenporträt

TIMOTHY SCHRODER was Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum and a Consultant Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Current or recent roles include Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, President of the Silver Society and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection. Publications include English Domestic Silver, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver and British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Glossary Magnificence and princely virtue The Jewel House The
King's Inheritance 'Heaven Smiles, Earth Rejoices' 'Defender of the Faith':
Spectacle and the Church Royal Banquets 'Rich, Fierce, and Greedy for
Glory' Thomas Wolsey, Patron of Goldsmiths The Field of Cloth of Gold
Holbein and the 'Antique' The Family Silver Cromwell, the Tower and the
Goldsmiths Dissolution and augmentation 'Most Avaricious of Men' 'Sic
Transit Gloria Mundi': The Fate of Henry VIII's Plate and Jewels
Bibliography Index