Henry VIII considered himself a good Catholic til the day he died, even though the Pope did not. :-) There are lots of examples of people wearing crosses in that period -- check out those done by Holbein.
As for the later period... maybe. Charles I was notoriously sympathetic to Catholics because of Henrietta Maria, his wife. Monica -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kate M Bunting Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 5:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Religious symbols in jewellery, was Renaissance dress ------------------------------ Karen wrote: >I think that you have a good idea about the skirt but you may be a bit off base on the necklace. If you look >closely at the vertical elements you can see they form the initials I and H. In period it was >common/fashionable to wear the symbol of 'IHS' which are the Latin initials of Jesus. It was particularly used in >the Protestant countries (I'm most familiar with England) because wearing a crucifix was out of favor as >being too Papist. Personally, I think this is the most likely explanation although the wearing of initials/symbols of >significant people is not out of the question. That's interesting. My living history persona is the widow of a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in the 1640s. I've wondered about wearing a cross, but decided against it as I felt that it would have been considered "too Papist" at the time. Kate Bunting Cataloguing & Data Quality Librarian University of Derby _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
