Abstract
Lady Anne Clifford (1590-1676) was a prominent noble woman in the seventeenth century. During her long life she experienced the courts of Elizabeth, James and Charles I. She fought a decades long battle to secure her inheritance of the Clifford lands of the north, providing a spirited and legally robust defense of her rights despite the opposition of powerful men, including James I. She eventually inherited the Clifford lands, and she describes her subsequent struggles to reclaim her authority in these lands still mired in the civil wars. Her autobiographies reveal her joys and griefs within a vivid description of seventeenth-century life. They reveal a personality that was vulnerable and determined; charitable and canny. Her autobiographies provide a window into a vibrant world of seventeenth-century life as lived by this complex and intriguing seventeenth-century woman.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Manchester |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Number of pages | 336 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781526117892 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781526117885 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2018 |
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Jessica Malay
- School of Arts and Humanities - Associate Dean of Research Innovation and Knowledge Exchange
- Department of Communication & Humanities
- Centre for International Contemporary Poetry - Member
- Centre for History, Culture and Memory
Person: Academic