Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots, and the language of power - Clare Hunter

In sixteenth-century Europe women’s voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a woman like Mary, Queen of Scots, the prime duty was to bear sons. But in an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency.
Join textile expert and author Clare Hunter to discover how Mary, Queen of Scots, used textiles to advance her political agenda, affirm her royal lineage and tell her own story - from her lavishly embroidered gowns as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court, and the subversive messages she embroidered in captivity for her supporters.
Blending history, politics and memoir, Clare explores the emotions and experiences of the Scottish queen through the textiles she purchased, displayed, gifted and created, telling the story of a queen in her own voice.