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Hace 4 días · With its imagined world, and irreconcilable contradictions, The Female Academy is a good window into thinking about its author, Margaret Cavendish (1623-73): the poet, philosopher, scientist, playwright, fashion pioneer, science fiction writer and early feminist (her job titles could go on and on).
Hace 2 días · 98 The equine interests of his great grandfather, William Cavendish, first earl of Devonshire, are explored in Edwards, Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern England; the equestrian pursuits of his cousin William Cavendish, first earl of Newcastle—one of the most famous horsemen in Europe—are investigated in Walker, To Amaze ...
Hace 3 horas · En 1774, Georgiana Spencer, pariente de la princesa Diana, se convirtió en duquesa de Devonshire al casarse con William Cavendish, el quinto duque. Famosa por sus glamorosas fiestas, ...
Hace 3 días · July 1644 The Battle of Marston Moor – the royalist commander William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle lost the battle and left the country. It meant that the North of England came under the control of Parliament.
Hace 5 días · Tenants were required only to use the Cavendish mills, for which they were charged over the odds. Disputes were energetically pursued in law. William in particular had a reputation for losing his rag when baulked by tenants; the commissioners reported William’s. High displeasure as he went into a great passion, both with us and the tenants
Hace 5 días · In this work, Margaret presented herself as the impartial, critical historian, though the title rather gives away the story that it wasn’t going to be a hard hitting expose – it was called The Life of the Thrice Noble, High and Puissant Prince William Cavendish.
Hace 4 días · The Duke of Newcastle, William Cavendish, and his blue-stocking and eccentric wife, Margaret, the youngest daughter of Sir Charles Lucas, who was shot by the Parliamentarians at the surrender of Colchester, were the most memorable residents in this great Clerkenwell mansion.
