19 Jul 2019
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Book Announcement, Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe, edited by Erin Griffey

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Title/Subtitle: Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning Women Volume editor: Erin Griffey, University of Auckland Publisher: Amsterdam University Press Series: Visual & Material Culture, 1300-1700 For women at the early modern courts, clothing and jewellery were essential elements in their political arsenal, enabling them to signal their dynastic value, to promote loyalty to their marital court and to advance political agendas. This is the first collection of essays to examine how elite women in early modern Europe marshalled clothing and jewellery for political ends. With essays encompassing women who traversed courts in Denmark, England, France, Germany, Habsburg Austria, Italy,…
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10 Jul 2019
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Apply for the Arline Custer Memorial Award by July 31

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Arline Custer Memorial Award DEADLINE: July 31, 2019 The Arline Custer Memorial Award is presented by the MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee. This award honors the memory of Arline Custer (1909-1975), MARAC member and editor of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Eligibility The Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizes the best books and articles written or compiled by individuals and institutions in the MARAC region – the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Works under consideration include, but are not limited to: monographs, popular narratives, reference works and exhibition catalogs…
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