How did they assert their royal status through the clothes they wore?
‘Divorced, beheaded, died; Divorced beheaded survived’ goes the popular rhyme which tells the fate of Henry VIII’s six wives, but what were they wearing in court or when they ascended the scaffold?
Dr Maria Hayward, from the University of Southampton, delves into the Tudor wardrobe with Jenni to explore how fashions changed throughout Henry’s thirty-eight year reign from undergarments, to sumptious fabrics and flea-infested collars.
‘Dress at the Court of Henry VIIIth’ by Maria Hayward, is published by Maney Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-905981-41-0.
