Lauren Mackay Explained

Lauren Mackay
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Occupation:Historian, author
Notable Works:Inside The Tudor CourtAmong the Wolves of CourtThe Wolf Hall Companion
Honours:Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Lauren Mackay is an Australian historian, author, and lecturer specialising in the Tudor period and the broader early modern world.

Early life and education

Mackay completed her bachelor's degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music/University of Sydney, Australia. She completed her Master of History with University of New England, and received her PhD from the University of Newcastle, Australia.[1] Her PhD thesis investigated the life and career of Thomas Boleyn, father of Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn.[2]

Career

Mackay's areas of research encompass medieval and early modern politics; the Renaissance and Reformation; diplomacy; humanism; and early modern literature and culture.[3] [4] Her research also includes the wider realms of early modern Europe, in particular the Hapsburg Charles V, Francis I of France, and the Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent.[5] Mackay has given talks around the UK at many venues, such as Leeds Castle[6] the National Portrait Gallery, London,[7] Hever Castle,[8] and at the 2018 BBC history weekends at York and Winchester.[9]

TV documentaries

In 2020 she appeared in the three-part television documentary, Henry VIII and the King's men (Smithsonian Channel UK)[10]

In 2021 she was a consultant and expert contributor for the BBC2 three-part series The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family, which also draws on her research on the Boleyn men.[11]

In November 2022 Mackay, along with Professors Suzannah Lipscomb and Tracy Borman, provided the historical evidence behind the reality of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's relationship in Netflix's Blood, Sex & Royalty.[12]

Recognition and honours

Mackay is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship.[13]

Publications

Mackay has been a regular contributor to BBC History Magazine and All About History Magazine.[14]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lauren Mackay. 2020-12-28. Watson Little. en-US.
  2. The life and career of Thomas Boleyn (1477–1539): courtier, ambassador, and statesman. University of Newcastle. 2019. en. Lauren. Mackay.
  3. Web site: Lauren Mackay . 2020-12-28. Watson Little. en-US.
  4. Web site: Google Scholar lookup - Lauren Mackay . 2020-12-28. Google Scholar.
  5. Web site: I B Tauris signs Mackay on the Tudor court . The Bookseller. 2021-02-23.
  6. Web site: Unknown. Experience life in Medieval Times at Leeds Castle this Summer. 2020-12-28. The Jousting Life.
  7. Web site: What's On March - May 2019. 2020-12-28. Issuu. en.
  8. Web site: 2020-01-28. Among The Wolves of Court. 2020-08-12. Hever Festival. en-US.
  9. Mackay. Lauren . Dinning . Rachel . Interview: historian Lauren Mackay on Thomas and George Boleyn, father and brother of Anne Boleyn, and their place within the story of Henry VIII's reign and Tudor history . History Extra. . 13 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180913164659/https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/bbc-history-magazine-weekends-lauren-mackay-george-thomas-anne-boleyn-henry-viii-tudor/ . 13 September 2018 . unfit . 27 April 2022.
  10. Web site: Henry VIII and the King's Men (2020 series). Smithsonian Channel.
  11. Web site: BBC Two - The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family. 2021-08-08. BBC. en-GB.
  12. Web site: 2022-11-23 . Blood, Sex & Royalty review – a terrific peek at Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's sexiest bits . 2022-11-30 . the Guardian . en.
  13. Web site: Royal Historical Society Fellows-M.
  14. Web site: Lauren Mackay, BBC History Magazine. 2017-03-07. Laurenmackay.co.uk.
  15. Web site: Lauren MacKay Book Launch. 2014-05-03. www.newcastle.edu.au. en. 2017-03-09.
  16. Web site: Alison Weir Tours - Great Queens. www.alisonweirtours.com. 2017-03-12.
  17. Web site: Bloomsbury.com. Among the Wolves of Court. 2020-12-21. Bloomsbury Publishing. en.
  18. Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and His Six Wives Through the Writings of the Spanish Ambassador Eustace Chapuys (Amberley, 2014)
  19. Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, 2018)
  20. Web site: Wolf Hall Companion. 2020-12-28. Pavilion Books. en-GB.
  21. The Wolf Hall Companion (Batsford Books, 2020)

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