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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This season's fashion for red prompts Lisa Jardine to reflect on the past power of the colour.
"In Tudor England successive monarchs tried to define social status by dress. A strict code governed the wearing of 'costly apparel', and red was one of the colours most rigidly controlled."
Producer: Sheila Cook.
"In Tudor England successive monarchs tried to define social status by dress. A strict code governed the wearing of 'costly apparel', and red was one of the colours most rigidly controlled."
Producer: Sheila Cook.
Released:
Sep 19, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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