Mrs Jessica Carey-Bunning
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Humanities
College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
Jessica Carey-Bunning is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. She graduated with First Class Honours in History from the University of Sydney in 2018. Her primary area of interest is Tudor queenship. Her research focuses on the jewels of Mary and how they were used in the construction of identity, status, and political authority of England’s first female monarch.Jessica's first book, 'The Wives of Henry VIII: Revisiting the Stories Behind the Symbols', is set to be published at the end of this year by Pen & Sword.
My research examines Mary I's ceremonial and personal use of jewels through a close examination of documentary and material sources, including inventories, portraits, household accounts, and letters, in order to explore Mary’s construction of identity, status, and political authority as princess, bastard and England’s first female monarch.
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2018 | University of Sydney | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) |
