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Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social · 25d

If you work in Royal Studies and would be interested in exploring or promoting a particular key topic in the field then please do get in touch with Ellie at [email protected]...

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Sep 6

It was such an incredible evening! And so wonderful to celebrate @enortonhistory.bsky.social’s latest book!

Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Sep 5

#womenwhoruledtheworld book launch last night @britishhistory.bsky.social @johannastrong.bsky.social @ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social Gareth Streeter, Adam Pennington, Eilish Gregory.

Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Sep 6

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For more information, head to my website (drjohannastrong.ca/2025/07/11/q...) where you'll find instructions on how to register for the Zoom link 💻

#Tudors #MaryI #queen #queenship #earlymodern #history

Queen Mary and her Cultural Depictions

I will be speaking with Rosamund Gravelle (playwright and author of “Three Queens”) and Dr Peter Stiffell about representations of Mary I in modern popular culture as part of the Englis…

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Sep 6

After a busy first week of school, I'm looking forward to my next talk!

Join me, Peter Stiffell, and Rosamund Gravelle on September 16 at 7.30pm on Zoom for "Queen Mary and her Cultural Depictions", in partnership with the @englishcathhist.bsky.social 👑

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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · Aug 12

When is a landscape? Join The Landscape Consortium @imc-leeds.bsky.social with this #imc2026 #cfp exploring multi-scalar research and interpretations of medieval landscapes. Full cfp in alt-text. TLC is Karl Alvestad, Daniel Brown, @jwfr.bsky.social and Stefanie Schild. Please share far and wide!

Leeds IMC 2026 Call for Papers:
When is a Landscape?
The Landscape Consortium invites papers exploring medieval landscapes in and beyond time, their multiscalar and multitemporal constructions and interpretations, and their meanings within medieval or modern worlds.

When is a landscape? Following the lead of Yannis Hamilakis’ work (2013) demonstrating that object and place are witnesses to coexistences of times, this session seeks to explore medieval landscapes as carriers of concurrent past, present and future places and meanings, and as bridges between multiple scales of studies and multiple times. We are particularly interested in creative, theoretic and interpretive research to understand how landscape can – and do – transcend temporal boundaries.

Topics may include, but are certainly not limited to:
• Multiscalar explorations of place and landscapes
• Dynamic theories and interpretations
• Multiple, concurrent times understood in landscapes and places
• Microhistories or biographies of landscapes

Papers are welcome from any area of the world and ‘medieval’ broadly conceived.

Please send a 250-word abstract (plus key terms), short CV, and contact information to landscapeconsortium@gmail.com by 15 September.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the organizers at the same email.

The Landscape Consortium is dedicated to promotion of multidisciplinary research into the landscapes of the medieval world. The organizing directors are Drs Karl Christian Alvestad, Daniel Brown, Stefanie Schild, Johannes Waldschütz and Katherine Weikert.

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please do join us for our upcoming talk! Details are below (or at my website: drjohannastrong.ca/2025/07/11/q...)

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Rosamund Gravelle @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social · Aug 12

Excited to announce that with Dr. Peter Stiffell & @johannastrong.bsky.social, we'll be giving a talk at English Catholic History Association on "Queen Mary & her Cultural Depictions" to members on 16th Sept. To be listen, become a member with ECHA now! To join follow the link lnkd.in/d7jjBVSk

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Rosamund Gravelle @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social · Aug 5

'Three Queens' by Rosamund Gravelle, showing at the Gamut Theatre, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as part of their Stage Door Series, September 2025 & the US Premiere of the 5 and 4 starred reviewed play - don't miss out!

To find out more about "Three Queens" 👇: www.rosamundgravell.com

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Aug 5

Tickets for @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social’s Three Queens are available at the link below 👇

Rosamund Gravelle @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social · Aug 5

'Three Queens' by Rosamund Gravelle, showing at the Gamut Theatre, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as part of their Stage Door Series, September 2025 & the US Premiere of the 5 and 4 starred reviewed play - don't miss out!

To find out more about "Three Queens" 👇: www.rosamundgravell.com

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Aug 5

What incredible news!! Congratulations to @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social on her American premiere 😍 If you’re in the US near Gamut Theatre, do get yourself a ticket! 🎟️

Rosamund Gravelle @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social · Aug 5

So thrilled to announce that my play "Three Queens" will have its US premiere this September at the Gamut Theatre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as part of its Stage Door Series. "Three Queens" is about..

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Aug 5

I can’t wait to take part in this! Thank you, @onthetudortrail.bsky.social, for the invitation 🤩

If you’d like to attend this year-long event, please do head to the post below or to my website: drjohannastrong.ca/2025/04/08/3...

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Natalie Grueninger @onthetudortrail.bsky.social · Aug 5

I’m thrilled that @johannastrong.bsky.social is taking part in next year’s ‘365 Days with Katherine of Aragon’. Dr Strong’s lecture will explore Katherine’s legacy and afterlife.
Head to the link below for details. I do hope you'll consider joining us! onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2025/04...

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you’d ever like to have a further chat about Mary and her legacy or if there are ways I can use my research to help with HRP’s interpretations, please do let me know!

Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you’d like to find out even more about how Mary I’s legacy came about, do check out my website: www.drjohannastrong.ca

My research has led me to a slightly different conclusion than @tracyborman.bsky.social’s, but it’s great to see Mary getting more attention with HRP.

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Jul 29

The cover's back... and there's still time to take advantage of 25% off if you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social by 31 July, using code SUMMER25

@wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld #femalekings #femaleking #reigningqueen #reigningqueens

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 28

My pleasure! Your and @misswalsingham.bsky.social’s work is incredible!

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 27

Join us this Tuesday evening, 29 July, for one of our popular guided walks exploring 17th century Huntingdon, including royal visits, a Civil War battle, witch trials, Pepys and (of course) Cromwell. More details and bookings at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 27

Phil is going back into a hide today - this time for 48 hours - to raise much-needed funds for @harvingtonhall.bsky.social. Please do support him (and the Hall) if you can!

harvingtonhall.co.uk/donate/

Donate - Harvington Hall

Help up keep Harvington Hall Alive Harvington Hall is a well-loved historical gem, but as a registered charity, we rely on visitors and donations to protect and preserve our beloved Hall. A Grade I li...

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 27

Next up is my last talk of @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival this year, featuring @phildowning.bsky.social (Harvington’s manager) who will be speaking on his experience of being in one of Harvington’s priest hides for 36 hours.

Donate - Harvington Hall

Help up keep Harvington Hall Alive Harvington Hall is a well-loved historical gem, but as a registered charity, we rely on visitors and donations to protect and preserve our beloved Hall. A Grade I li...

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 27

I can’t recommend their talk (and their work!) highly enough! If you can make it to Gloucester in September do!

Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social · Jul 27

For those of you who missed us at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social , come & see us at Gloucester Hist Fest on September 17th. Livestream tickets also available: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/spycr...

Spycraft: From Elizabeth I to the Restoration - Gloucester History Festival

£12 / £7 Livestreamed Forget 007, England’s wildest spies were the Elizabethans. Unmask the hidden world of espionage with Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman’s thrilling journey through codes, ciphers a...

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Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social · Jul 27

For those of you who missed us at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social , come & see us at Gloucester Hist Fest on September 17th. Livestream tickets also available: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/spycr...

Spycraft: From Elizabeth I to the Restoration - Gloucester History Festival

£12 / £7 Livestreamed Forget 007, England’s wildest spies were the Elizabethans. Unmask the hidden world of espionage with Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman’s thrilling journey through codes, ciphers a...

www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 26

I’m really looking forward to the final talk of Day 4 of @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival: Ruth Goodman speaking on the Changing Shape of Elizabethan Fashion.

I grew up watching anything and everything Ruth was in, so this is a very special talk indeed!

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Jay Rubenstein @medievaljay.bsky.social · Jul 26

Medieval History Job Alert! University of Tennessee, where I used to work. Unbelievably strong medieval studies. Unbelievable that they are hiring in this climate! Please share this post. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37862790...

Assistant/Associate Professor of Medieval History (1100-1500) - University of Tenn, Knoxville job with University of Tennessee Department of History | 37862790

The Department of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track professor of medieval history (1100-1500).

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Jul 26

Really looking forward to Day 4 of the @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival, with highlights including @londonmudlark.bsky.social, exploring Harvington (again), and Ruth Goodman 🎉

If you don’t follow Lara already, I’d highly recommend it because her posts are fascinating & so insightful!

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · Jul 25

#OTD Mary I of England & Philip II of Spain were married at Winchester Cathedral. Subsequent interpretations of Mary’s reign regard the marriage as a mistake but the situation at the time was more complex than later historians, overwhelmingly Protestant and anti-Spanish, reflected. bit.ly/1YcxmbC

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