Author Archives: Johanna

Winchester Heritage Open Days – “Remembering Mary I: Creating a Queen’s Legacy”

This talk took place on 16 September and was part of the 2023 programme for Winchester Heritage Open Days. It focused on how Mary I’s legacy was created and highlighted how Mary’s influence on England continued even after her death. Mary I, England’s first crowned queen regnant, reigned from 1553 until 1558 and set aContinue reading “Winchester Heritage Open Days – “Remembering Mary I: Creating a Queen’s Legacy””

Mary I’s Wedding in Winchester Cathedral

Join Dr Daniella Gonzalez as she speaks with Aisha Al-Sadie, Learning and Heritage Officer at Winchester Cathedral, and Dr Johanna Strong, who wrote her PhD ‘The Making of a Queen: The Effect of Religion, National Identity, and Gender on Mary I’s Legacy in the English Historical Narrative’, about Mary I’s marriage to Philip II ofContinue reading “Mary I’s Wedding in Winchester Cathedral”

Tudors Dynasty – Miniseries: Queenship Through the Ages: Exploring Female Power and Rule

In this series, Johanna and her historian guests highlight queenship across the centuries and around the world. Introduction and Othering with Dr Elena Woodacre and Amy Saunders – In this episode, Dr Elena Woodacre and Amy Saunders introduce queenship more generally explain how queenship is reflected in historical narratives. Ellie is a Reader in RenaissanceContinue reading “Tudors Dynasty – Miniseries: Queenship Through the Ages: Exploring Female Power and Rule”

Women’s History Roundtable

Hosted by Dr Katelyn Arac, join Dr Johanna Strong, Carlie Visser, Dr Sarah-Louise Miller, and Mike O’Keeffe for their discussion on women’s history, the challenges they face in their research, how the study of women’s history has evolved, and much more. This episode first aired as a livestream on YouTube on 29 March 2023. MoreContinue reading “Women’s History Roundtable”

Mary I, Marriage, and the Monarchy

Mary I was the first crowned queen regnant of England. And she was the first to marry as Queen. Dr Johanna Strong joins Carol Ann Lloyd on “British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics” to explain why Mary’s marriage to Philip of Spain changed ideas about marriage and the monarchy. The episode first aired on 8Continue reading “Mary I, Marriage, and the Monarchy”

Long live the Queen: Mary’s legacy 1558-1660

This talk was drawn from research undertaken as part of my PhD thesis and examined how, from 1558-1660, anti-Catholicism, anti-foreign sentiment, and sex and gender played significant roles in how later English regimes and subjects created, perceived, and perpetuated the legacy of Mary’s reign. Themes analysed included Mary’s Catholicism, her religious policies, and her marriage,Continue reading “Long live the Queen: Mary’s legacy 1558-1660”

Happily (N)Ever After: The Posthumous Role of Mary I and Philip II’s Marriage in Visual Remembrances of Mary’s Reign

This talk was part of “The Education of a Christian Woman” (1523) in the Construction of the Image of Female Power of Queen Mary I of England (1553-1558), a hybrid two-day conference highlighting the influences of Juan Luis Vives’ The Education of a Christian Woman (1523) on conceptions of female power. My contribution to theContinue reading “Happily (N)Ever After: The Posthumous Role of Mary I and Philip II’s Marriage in Visual Remembrances of Mary’s Reign”