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EPISODE · Aug 22, 2025 · 18 MIN

Interview with Peter Stiffell

from The Royal Studies Podcast

In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Dr. Peter Stiffell about his research on the imagery and iconography of Mary I, Mary's reputation as "Bloody Mary" and exciting new discovery that Peter has made, uncovering a piece of royal material culture that was considered to be lost. GUEST BIO: Dr. Peter Stiffell is an independent scholar who specialises in the Marian regime. He completed his PhD at the centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent. His thesis “Maiden, Matriarch, Majesty: The iconography of Queen Mary I” examined the imagery surrounding the queen. In particular, he examined the portraiture, legal imagery, seals and coinage depicting England’s Tudor queen.  Find Peter online: X= @PStiffell, Insta @p.stiffell97Peter's website: www.drpeterstiffell.comForthcoming publications:‘The Marian revolution: The imagery of Mary I in popular imagination’ in Adapting the Tudors: From Novels to Film to Public History "Sole quene": The legal imagery of Mary I’ in Mary I of England’s Artistic Patronage in Renaissance Europe, ed. Emma Luisa Cahill Marron (Palgrave Macmillan)    

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In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Dr. Peter Stiffell about his research on the imagery and iconography of Mary I, Mary's reputation as "Bloody Mary" and exciting new discovery that Peter has made, uncovering a piece of royal material culture that was considered to be lost. GUEST BIO: Dr. Peter Stiffell is an independent scholar who specialises in the Marian regime. He completed his PhD at the centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent. Hi...

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