Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of illustrations vii
4. Notes on contributors viii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Bess of Hardwick, a life 18
7. 2 Money, marriage and remembrance 36
8. 3 Bess’s use of language 78
9. 4 Upper servants’ letters and loyalties in the Shrewsbury–Stuart domestic politics of the 1580s 100
10. 5 Hardwick Hall 121
11. 6 Elizabeth Hardwick’s material negotiations 142
12. 7 Bess of Hardwick’s gynocracy in textiles 159
13. 8 A difficult and volatile alliance 181
14. Conclusion 199
15. Selected bibliography 201
16. Index 205