Anne Cliffords Autobiographical Writing, 1590-1676Paperback
Anne Cliffords Autobiographical Writing, 1590-1676Paperback Anne Clifford (1590-1676) was a prominent noble woman in the seventeenth century. She fought a decades long battle to secure her…
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Anne Cliffords Autobiographical Writing, 1590-1676Paperback
Anne Clifford (1590-1676) was a prominent noble woman in the seventeenth century. 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. During her long life she experienced the courts of Elizabeth, James and Charles I.
Her autobiographies reveal her joys and griefs within a vivid description of seventeenth-century life. 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. 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