Lauren Johnson
@historylauren.bsky.social
Historian / Heritage Live Interpretation bod.
AHRC-funded PhD (refugees, religion & diplomacy in early modern Europe) and a book about Margaret Beaufort in progress…
AHRC-funded PhD (refugees, religion & diplomacy in early modern Europe) and a book about Margaret Beaufort in progress…
Looks like this castle has seen better days - the neighbouring cove is named after another Margaret Of History, who landed here in 1462.
Do you recognise the ruins?
#MargaretBeaufort #WhereIsMargaret #History #MedievalWomen #WomensHistory #Warsoftheroses #books
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Do you recognise the ruins?
#MargaretBeaufort #WhereIsMargaret #History #MedievalWomen #WomensHistory #Warsoftheroses #books
www.instagram.com/p/DOddiPwCAT...
September 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Looks like this castle has seen better days - the neighbouring cove is named after another Margaret Of History, who landed here in 1462.
Do you recognise the ruins?
#MargaretBeaufort #WhereIsMargaret #History #MedievalWomen #WomensHistory #Warsoftheroses #books
www.instagram.com/p/DOddiPwCAT...
Do you recognise the ruins?
#MargaretBeaufort #WhereIsMargaret #History #MedievalWomen #WomensHistory #Warsoftheroses #books
www.instagram.com/p/DOddiPwCAT...
Some Thursday Thun (fun) for you*
Margaret Beaufort is gallivanting again - where is she today?
More clues coming up at lunchtime and 6.30pm
#MargaretBeaufort #whereismargaret #booksky
www.instagram.com/p/DOLDOijCEH...
*the best jokes are the ones you have to explain
Margaret Beaufort is gallivanting again - where is she today?
More clues coming up at lunchtime and 6.30pm
#MargaretBeaufort #whereismargaret #booksky
www.instagram.com/p/DOLDOijCEH...
*the best jokes are the ones you have to explain
September 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Some Thursday Thun (fun) for you*
Margaret Beaufort is gallivanting again - where is she today?
More clues coming up at lunchtime and 6.30pm
#MargaretBeaufort #whereismargaret #booksky
www.instagram.com/p/DOLDOijCEH...
*the best jokes are the ones you have to explain
Margaret Beaufort is gallivanting again - where is she today?
More clues coming up at lunchtime and 6.30pm
#MargaretBeaufort #whereismargaret #booksky
www.instagram.com/p/DOLDOijCEH...
*the best jokes are the ones you have to explain
Where is Margaret Beaufort today???
Clue 1 is something Margaret herself might recognise. Bonus points if you know why - and can say where Margaret has ducked off to today!
(More clues later…)
#MargaretBeaufort @headofzeus.bsky.social #History #WhereIsMargaret #womenshistory
Clue 1 is something Margaret herself might recognise. Bonus points if you know why - and can say where Margaret has ducked off to today!
(More clues later…)
#MargaretBeaufort @headofzeus.bsky.social #History #WhereIsMargaret #womenshistory
August 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Where is Margaret Beaufort today???
Clue 1 is something Margaret herself might recognise. Bonus points if you know why - and can say where Margaret has ducked off to today!
(More clues later…)
#MargaretBeaufort @headofzeus.bsky.social #History #WhereIsMargaret #womenshistory
Clue 1 is something Margaret herself might recognise. Bonus points if you know why - and can say where Margaret has ducked off to today!
(More clues later…)
#MargaretBeaufort @headofzeus.bsky.social #History #WhereIsMargaret #womenshistory
A special extra game of “where is Margaret” for the weekend…
Where in the world is she?
@headofzeus.bsky.social #MargaretBeaufort #books #history #medievalhistory #nonsense
Where in the world is she?
@headofzeus.bsky.social #MargaretBeaufort #books #history #medievalhistory #nonsense
August 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A special extra game of “where is Margaret” for the weekend…
Where in the world is she?
@headofzeus.bsky.social #MargaretBeaufort #books #history #medievalhistory #nonsense
Where in the world is she?
@headofzeus.bsky.social #MargaretBeaufort #books #history #medievalhistory #nonsense
On this day, a mere 540 years ago, the Tudor dynasty was born in battle (and through a lot of BTS conspiring by a middle aged countess).
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@headofzeus.bsky.social
#MargaretBeaufort #Bosworth #MedievalHistory #Book #History #WomensHistory
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@headofzeus.bsky.social
#MargaretBeaufort #Bosworth #MedievalHistory #Book #History #WomensHistory
August 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On this day, a mere 540 years ago, the Tudor dynasty was born in battle (and through a lot of BTS conspiring by a middle aged countess).
www.instagram.com/reel/DNpnN-_...
@headofzeus.bsky.social
#MargaretBeaufort #Bosworth #MedievalHistory #Book #History #WomensHistory
www.instagram.com/reel/DNpnN-_...
@headofzeus.bsky.social
#MargaretBeaufort #Bosworth #MedievalHistory #Book #History #WomensHistory
Join the nonsense! Every Thursday my Margaret Beaufort book will be in a different British location…
But can you work out where?
#WhereIsMargaret?
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But can you work out where?
#WhereIsMargaret?
www.instagram.com/p/DNn_BpsoS4...
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Join the nonsense! Every Thursday my Margaret Beaufort book will be in a different British location…
But can you work out where?
#WhereIsMargaret?
www.instagram.com/p/DNn_BpsoS4...
But can you work out where?
#WhereIsMargaret?
www.instagram.com/p/DNn_BpsoS4...
LAST DAY TO GET 25% OFF!
Pre-order my lovely book baby TODAY from @waterstones.bsky.social & use code SUMMER25 for a very tasty discount.
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@headofzeus.bsky.social
#books #history #womenshistory #medievalhistory #moneyoff #warsoftheroses #MargaretBeaufort
Pre-order my lovely book baby TODAY from @waterstones.bsky.social & use code SUMMER25 for a very tasty discount.
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@headofzeus.bsky.social
#books #history #womenshistory #medievalhistory #moneyoff #warsoftheroses #MargaretBeaufort
July 31, 2025 at 7:02 AM
LAST DAY TO GET 25% OFF!
Pre-order my lovely book baby TODAY from @waterstones.bsky.social & use code SUMMER25 for a very tasty discount.
tidd.ly/4m5caVF
@headofzeus.bsky.social
#books #history #womenshistory #medievalhistory #moneyoff #warsoftheroses #MargaretBeaufort
Pre-order my lovely book baby TODAY from @waterstones.bsky.social & use code SUMMER25 for a very tasty discount.
tidd.ly/4m5caVF
@headofzeus.bsky.social
#books #history #womenshistory #medievalhistory #moneyoff #warsoftheroses #MargaretBeaufort
Preorder my new book about MARGARET BEAUFORT from @waterstones.bsky.social before Friday to get 25% off!
Use code SUMMER25.
Only 2 days left to do this, peeps. Git on it.
Use code SUMMER25.
Only 2 days left to do this, peeps. Git on it.
July 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Preorder my new book about MARGARET BEAUFORT from @waterstones.bsky.social before Friday to get 25% off!
Use code SUMMER25.
Only 2 days left to do this, peeps. Git on it.
Use code SUMMER25.
Only 2 days left to do this, peeps. Git on it.
Book lovers! Grab yourself an absolute bargain TODAY.
Use code SUMMER25 to get 25% off pre-orders from @waterstones.bsky.social for “MARGARET BEAUFORT. Survivor. Rebel. Kingmaker.” (Out November.)
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This offer is only available til THURSDAY 31 July!
#MargaretBeaufort #WPreorder
Use code SUMMER25 to get 25% off pre-orders from @waterstones.bsky.social for “MARGARET BEAUFORT. Survivor. Rebel. Kingmaker.” (Out November.)
tidd.ly/4m5caVF
This offer is only available til THURSDAY 31 July!
#MargaretBeaufort #WPreorder
July 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Book lovers! Grab yourself an absolute bargain TODAY.
Use code SUMMER25 to get 25% off pre-orders from @waterstones.bsky.social for “MARGARET BEAUFORT. Survivor. Rebel. Kingmaker.” (Out November.)
tidd.ly/4m5caVF
This offer is only available til THURSDAY 31 July!
#MargaretBeaufort #WPreorder
Use code SUMMER25 to get 25% off pre-orders from @waterstones.bsky.social for “MARGARET BEAUFORT. Survivor. Rebel. Kingmaker.” (Out November.)
tidd.ly/4m5caVF
This offer is only available til THURSDAY 31 July!
#MargaretBeaufort #WPreorder
#Bookshops / #History fans.
If you’re looking for someone to talk at an event this autumn, I’m currently organising my book tour for #MargaretBeaufort. Get in touch!
To entice you, here are some people saying I talk good:
lauren-johnson.com/speaking.html
If you’re looking for someone to talk at an event this autumn, I’m currently organising my book tour for #MargaretBeaufort. Get in touch!
To entice you, here are some people saying I talk good:
lauren-johnson.com/speaking.html
March 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#Bookshops / #History fans.
If you’re looking for someone to talk at an event this autumn, I’m currently organising my book tour for #MargaretBeaufort. Get in touch!
To entice you, here are some people saying I talk good:
lauren-johnson.com/speaking.html
If you’re looking for someone to talk at an event this autumn, I’m currently organising my book tour for #MargaretBeaufort. Get in touch!
To entice you, here are some people saying I talk good:
lauren-johnson.com/speaking.html
COVER REVEAL!
Super excited to share the cover of my next book, telling the extraordinary life of #MargaretBeaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker.
It’s the book I’ve wanted to write for a very long time.
#History #books #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth
@headofzeus.bsky.social
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Super excited to share the cover of my next book, telling the extraordinary life of #MargaretBeaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker.
It’s the book I’ve wanted to write for a very long time.
#History #books #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth
@headofzeus.bsky.social
amzn.eu/d/dah5plW
March 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
COVER REVEAL!
Super excited to share the cover of my next book, telling the extraordinary life of #MargaretBeaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker.
It’s the book I’ve wanted to write for a very long time.
#History #books #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth
@headofzeus.bsky.social
amzn.eu/d/dah5plW
Super excited to share the cover of my next book, telling the extraordinary life of #MargaretBeaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker.
It’s the book I’ve wanted to write for a very long time.
#History #books #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth
@headofzeus.bsky.social
amzn.eu/d/dah5plW
Still one of my proudest achievements in my ever-so-long career in live interpretation / public history: telling the stories of our #Trailblazers EVERY DAY at the #Toweroflondon throughout the whole summer season.
#history #publichistory #womenshistory
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#history #publichistory #womenshistory
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December 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Still one of my proudest achievements in my ever-so-long career in live interpretation / public history: telling the stories of our #Trailblazers EVERY DAY at the #Toweroflondon throughout the whole summer season.
#history #publichistory #womenshistory
www.instagram.com/p/DDocpfsos7...
#history #publichistory #womenshistory
www.instagram.com/p/DDocpfsos7...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY VI.
King-baby
Inadvertent causer of wars
Lover of peace
Founder of colleges
Causer of ‘miracles’
Husband of an excellent Queen
Very much not a good king - but a nice guy
Want to know more? I literally wrote the book:
www.waterstones.com/book/shadow-...
#ShadowKing
King-baby
Inadvertent causer of wars
Lover of peace
Founder of colleges
Causer of ‘miracles’
Husband of an excellent Queen
Very much not a good king - but a nice guy
Want to know more? I literally wrote the book:
www.waterstones.com/book/shadow-...
#ShadowKing
December 6, 2024 at 8:13 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY VI.
King-baby
Inadvertent causer of wars
Lover of peace
Founder of colleges
Causer of ‘miracles’
Husband of an excellent Queen
Very much not a good king - but a nice guy
Want to know more? I literally wrote the book:
www.waterstones.com/book/shadow-...
#ShadowKing
King-baby
Inadvertent causer of wars
Lover of peace
Founder of colleges
Causer of ‘miracles’
Husband of an excellent Queen
Very much not a good king - but a nice guy
Want to know more? I literally wrote the book:
www.waterstones.com/book/shadow-...
#ShadowKing
Looking forward to join this stellar crew again - with historians of the future / A Level students - for the Wars of the Roses School Conference on 4 March 2024, organised by the #RichardIIISociety.
#History #Teachers, check it out!
👑👸🏻🤴⚔️🏰📖
#History #Teachers, check it out!
👑👸🏻🤴⚔️🏰📖
December 2, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Looking forward to join this stellar crew again - with historians of the future / A Level students - for the Wars of the Roses School Conference on 4 March 2024, organised by the #RichardIIISociety.
#History #Teachers, check it out!
👑👸🏻🤴⚔️🏰📖
#History #Teachers, check it out!
👑👸🏻🤴⚔️🏰📖
November 22, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Some hot takes on how scummy my / Cary Grant’s childhood home is in the media today…
November 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Some hot takes on how scummy my / Cary Grant’s childhood home is in the media today…
Meanwhile, at my childhood home…
Archie and I have always been so alike. “Humble Bristol roots…”
Archie and I have always been so alike. “Humble Bristol roots…”
November 22, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Meanwhile, at my childhood home…
Archie and I have always been so alike. “Humble Bristol roots…”
Archie and I have always been so alike. “Humble Bristol roots…”
These images have the greatest meaning of all to me.
These are Margaret‘s signatures, several years apart, in documents in St John’s College archives.
That Margaret changed her signature from M Richmond to Margaret R (establishing a regal style for herself) is well known – more meaningful was…
These are Margaret‘s signatures, several years apart, in documents in St John’s College archives.
That Margaret changed her signature from M Richmond to Margaret R (establishing a regal style for herself) is well known – more meaningful was…
November 14, 2024 at 11:58 AM
These images have the greatest meaning of all to me.
These are Margaret‘s signatures, several years apart, in documents in St John’s College archives.
That Margaret changed her signature from M Richmond to Margaret R (establishing a regal style for herself) is well known – more meaningful was…
These are Margaret‘s signatures, several years apart, in documents in St John’s College archives.
That Margaret changed her signature from M Richmond to Margaret R (establishing a regal style for herself) is well known – more meaningful was…
And here is Margaret’s heraldic beast: the YALE
Outside her grandson Henry VIII’s crib, dominating the gatehouse of 1 of the TWO Cambridge colleges she founded - and a miniature I commissioned to celebrate finishing my first draft last year.
#heraldry #MargaretBeaufort #Tudors #History #WomensHist
Outside her grandson Henry VIII’s crib, dominating the gatehouse of 1 of the TWO Cambridge colleges she founded - and a miniature I commissioned to celebrate finishing my first draft last year.
#heraldry #MargaretBeaufort #Tudors #History #WomensHist
November 14, 2024 at 11:56 AM
And here is Margaret’s heraldic beast: the YALE
Outside her grandson Henry VIII’s crib, dominating the gatehouse of 1 of the TWO Cambridge colleges she founded - and a miniature I commissioned to celebrate finishing my first draft last year.
#heraldry #MargaretBeaufort #Tudors #History #WomensHist
Outside her grandson Henry VIII’s crib, dominating the gatehouse of 1 of the TWO Cambridge colleges she founded - and a miniature I commissioned to celebrate finishing my first draft last year.
#heraldry #MargaretBeaufort #Tudors #History #WomensHist
This is the portrait of Margaret I walked past daily whilst working as a costumed interpreter at #HamptonCourtPalace. It’s your classic later life MB, and I loved surprising visitors by revealing the young woman behind it: a mother at 13, married 4 times before 30yo, conspired in multiple rebellions
November 14, 2024 at 11:53 AM
This is the portrait of Margaret I walked past daily whilst working as a costumed interpreter at #HamptonCourtPalace. It’s your classic later life MB, and I loved surprising visitors by revealing the young woman behind it: a mother at 13, married 4 times before 30yo, conspired in multiple rebellions
Thought I’d share some favourite things connected to the topic of my WIP: a biography of #MargaretBeaufort, survivor of the #WarsoftheRoses and matriarch of the #TudorDynasty…
November 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Thought I’d share some favourite things connected to the topic of my WIP: a biography of #MargaretBeaufort, survivor of the #WarsoftheRoses and matriarch of the #TudorDynasty…
Here’s a snippet of my recent activities, to give any new / potential followers a flavour of my life.
- Live interpretation in a palace
- Transcribing / translating documents
- rearing the next generation
- cloaking myself in knitwear
- Live interpretation in a palace
- Transcribing / translating documents
- rearing the next generation
- cloaking myself in knitwear
November 13, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Here’s a snippet of my recent activities, to give any new / potential followers a flavour of my life.
- Live interpretation in a palace
- Transcribing / translating documents
- rearing the next generation
- cloaking myself in knitwear
- Live interpretation in a palace
- Transcribing / translating documents
- rearing the next generation
- cloaking myself in knitwear
Todays tasks:
- get my head around the Vatican archives for anPhD research trip
- air my Tudor gear so tomorrow I can pretend to be a queen for a school session
This is why it’s so hard to explain my “job” to people…
- get my head around the Vatican archives for anPhD research trip
- air my Tudor gear so tomorrow I can pretend to be a queen for a school session
This is why it’s so hard to explain my “job” to people…
September 25, 2023 at 11:58 AM
Todays tasks:
- get my head around the Vatican archives for anPhD research trip
- air my Tudor gear so tomorrow I can pretend to be a queen for a school session
This is why it’s so hard to explain my “job” to people…
- get my head around the Vatican archives for anPhD research trip
- air my Tudor gear so tomorrow I can pretend to be a queen for a school session
This is why it’s so hard to explain my “job” to people…