Mary & George depicts the real-life story of Mary Villiers and her son George, and their social climbing at the early 17th century English royal court.
- Senior Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
If you’ve watched many period dramas, you’ve probably seen a mantua. It was worn over a pair of stays (corset) and an often contrasting petticoat. The draping fabric created a front-opening gown.
Whalebone is the colloquial English term for a material known as baleen. Baleen is not bone.
From lockets for Henry VIII’s wedding to tea cups for Charles III’s coronation, there is a long history of royal souvenirs.
Les maladies et afflictions physiques et mentales qui frappent les maisons régnantes de Westeros, dans la fiction, ont bien des points communs avec l’histoire réelle des monarchies européennes.
Just like in Westeros, the fates of royal dynasties from history have been shaped by illness and affliction.
While men wrote about women “deforming” their bodies in corsets, there is very little writing from women themselves about what the experience was like.
The busk was a long piece of wood, metal or whalebone, stitched into fabric and inscribed with intimate words of love. Garters, too, often carried messages and were charged with erotic connotations.
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