I consulted with show researchers and the production team to help guide their investigation of Mary I for the second series of “Lucy Worsley Investigates”. The episode is available on BBC iPlayer and is airing on PBS in Canada and the United States. (Viewing is subject to geographic region and may have restrictions per broadcasterContinue reading “Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary”
Author Archives: Johanna
Queen Emma of Normandy (Part 2)
This is the second part of my conversation with Dr Steven Bishop about Queen Emma of Normandy and her role as queen. You can listen to the episode on the Hampshire Histbites Buzzsprout page.
Bloody No More: Reassessing Mary I with Dr Johanna Strong
In this episode for History Rage, I vent about the unfairness of Mary’s historical moniker. You can listen to the episode here. From the History Rage episode description: Get ready to ignite your historical curiosity! Host Paul Bavill welcomes early modern historian and teacher of history and politics, Dr. Johanna Strong, to confront the mythsContinue reading “Bloody No More: Reassessing Mary I with Dr Johanna Strong”
Review of “Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.”
Review of Nicola Tallis, Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen (London: Michael O’Mara Books, 2024). The review is open-access and is available via the Royal Studies Journal here.
“Queenship and Cross-Confessional Identities” Cluster
This Cluster for the Royal Studies Journal was co-edited with Amy Saunders. The Cluster brings together scholarship from around the world examining the role of religion and cross-confessional identity in the practice of queenship. The Cluster is open-access and can be accessed here.
Happily (N)ever After?: Mary I and Philip of Spain in Winchester
Join me on 20 November at 7pm GMT for my discussion of Mary I’s wedding at Winchester Cathedral and an examination of her marriage and its effect on England. This webinar is hosted by the Hampshire Archives Trust and tickets can be booked here.
Queen Emma of Normandy: Much More Than a Wife (Part 1)
In this Hampshire Histbites episode, I speak to Dr Steven Bishop about Queen Emma of Normandy and her role as queen. You can listen to the episode on the Hampshire Histbites Buzzsprout page.
Review of “Habsburg England: Politics and Religion in the Reign of Philip I (1554-1558)”
Review of Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer, Habsburg England: Politics and Religion in the Reign of Philip I (1554-1558) (Leiden: Brill, 2023). You can read the review via the Royal Studies Journal website here.
“Redesigning, Reinterpreting and Revisiting London’s National Portrait Gallery”
This is an exhibition review of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery in London, UK. This work was co-authored with Dr Amy Saunders for The Court Historian.
“The New Historia” Schema on Mary I
My schema on Mary I can be accessed on The New Historia website here.
Dr Johanna Strong 