The final episode in the series on #queenship hosted by Dr Johanna Strong . This episode is on global queenship and features the lovely Holly Marsden, Dr Gabrielle 'Gabby' Storey 🏳️‍🌈 and Amy Humphreys - all from TeamQueens ! Apple - apple.co/3WQ8N9X Spotify - spoti.fi/42y9CFj

I am back from a very fruitful research trip in 🇳🇱 - a huge thank you to @JohandeHaan3 at Het Loo, @rudyjosbeerens at the RKD and everyone who provided support and knowledge along the way! A big thank you also to Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

We’ve found the Book of Hours captured by Holbein in his famous portrait of #ThomasCromwell! Cromwell’s book is one of the few objects depicted in a Tudor portrait to survive. Tracy Borman OBE has dubbed it “the most exciting Cromwell discovery in a generation - if not more.”

We discovered Thomas Cromwell’s Book of Hours…and it’s the book painted on Cromwell’s desk by Hans Holbein the Younger in his famous portrait of Cromwell!! Hever Castle Owen Emmerson Solving a 500 year old mystery - A THREAD (1/9)

Following her fascinating Twitter takeover earlier this year, our latest blog post on 'The Court Observer' is by Holly Marsden Holly Marsden , on Mary II at her toilette. Read it here: courtstudies.hypotheses.org/709 Please share widely!

Winchester represent!!! Great to have a good showing here at #KQ12 of University of Winchester History Programmes crew, grads & current! Holly Marsden Dr Katia Wright Karl Chr. Alvestad

Next up is our very own University of Winchester History Programmes & Historic Royal Palaces PhD student Holly Marsden “Her R. H. My Lady Princess of Orange: Mary II’s identity as Dutch consort and the role of material culture in Stuart succession”, looking at relationships Mary developed in the Netherlands #KQ12

Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Judith slicing off the head of Holofernes. No prettifying this story from Artemisia Gentileschi in 1611. Today is her day.

Definitely a conference not to miss! If you’re wanting more Historic Royal Palaces Crown to Couture in the meantime, check out the latest Royal Studies Podcast episode featuring Polly Putnam and Holly Marsden in conversation with Dr Elena 'Ellie' Woodacre: buzzsprout.com/1934722/134220…

life changing moment: learning she was wearing a cool hat which was painted out:

Marat. Murdered in his bathtub in July 1793 by Charlotte Corday. Immortalized by Jacques-Louis David. Go to Brussels & see this masterpiece!

At last! Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts is published and biggest thanks are due to its wonderful contributors and Erika Gaffney | erikagaffney.bsky.social and Amsterdam Univ Press 🌹🌺🌻🪷🌷🌸 See below for discount codes and a link to a preview of the Table of Contents and Introduction 🌹

.@amyjanieh One for you!

This is not my usual 'work' post but close to my heart. My family and I are partaking in MS Society's 'May 50K' running challenge to support research and create access to treatments, in memory of my gorgeous nana. If able, please consider sponsoring us: themay50k.co.uk/st/3022/t

Have you seen Paper Cuts yet? Paper Cuts: Art, Bureaucracy, and Silenced Histories in Colonial India Peltz Gallery Peltz Gallery 25 April - 12 July 2024 Free entry 10am-8pm Mondays to Fridays only Link in bio

Looking forward to sharing my research ‘A global ‘Pattern to Woman-kind’? Queen Mary II on commemorative ceramics in England, the United Provinces, China, and Colonial America’ tonight for the English Ceramic Circle: englishceramiccircle.org.uk/events/

Back from lunch at #KQ13 and looking forward this session featuring 3 Historic Royal Palaces PhD/CDP students—we’re starting off with @CamilladeKoning on Gift Exchanges and Colonial Expansion in the Reign of Charles II

A fantastic final day of #KQ13 at Chateaudun yesterday in spite of the unseasonable weather! We were treated to a stunning castle & excellent papers on Claude de France to finish the conference, followed by a lovely dinner in Tours. Looking forward to #KQ14 in Lisbon already!

Are Ye Ready for it? #EdinburghTStheErasTour In honour of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour hitting Scotland this weekend, we’re Taylor-ing our historic sites to their Era... 🧵