British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics

The history of Medieval Europe is shaped by the women--wives, mothers, daughter, sisters who wielded power, made alliances, governed areas and nations. Susan Abernethy joins us to discuss the women who shaped the Medieval world.
Susan Abernethy
The Freelance History Writer https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/ 
Charles II’s Portuguese Queen: The Legacy of Catherine of Braganza
The Formidable Women of Medieval Europe: Power and Patronage at the Burgundian Court
Both available from https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/ , https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/home 
Twitter: @SusanAbernethy2
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susan.abernethy 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-abernethy-16b57340/ 

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
@shakeuphistory
https://carolannlloyd.com/
https://patreon.com/carolannlloyd
https://bookshop.org/shop/carolann
The Tudors by Numbers
Courting the Virgin Queen

Become a Royal, Rebel, or a Romantic!
History reveals what's possible.
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This year, the US is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Despite his limited powers, George III is the focus of grievances the Americans expressed as they demanded independence. George Washington lead the Continental Army and then the nation. The story of two Georges is the story of America.
Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
@shakeuphistory
https://carolannlloyd.com/
https://patreon.com/carolannlloyd
https://bookshop.org/shop/carolann
The Tudors by Numbers
Courting the Virgin Queen

Become a Royal, Rebel, or a Romantic!
History reveals what's possible.
Support the show
History reveals what's possible.

Shakespeare's plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing start with the same storyline: someone tells a lie about a relationship that threatens an entire community. But when does the lie become a weapon? When someone chooses to believe it. True leaders must push back against lies, even when it's risky and unpopular.

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
@shakeuphistory
https://carolannlloyd.com/
https://patreon.com/carolannlloyd
https://bookshop.org/shop/carolann
The Tudors by Numbers
Courting the Virgin Queen

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Tudor and Stuart England is sometimes considered "a scepter'd isle," as Shakespeare put it--proudly alone. But in fact, the history is much more complicated. Nandini Das explores how small and interconnected the world was in the 16th and 17th centuries, and how that contributed to the nature and character of England at the time.

Nandini Das
University of Oxford
https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/nandini-das https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/nandini-das
@rentravailer on Twitter
This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Key Words of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
@shakeuphistory
https://carolannlloyd.com/
https://patreon.com/carolannlloyd
https://bookshop.org/shop/carolann
The Tudors by Numbers
Courting the Virgin Queen
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Amy McElroy
Substack: The Tudor Notebook with Rebecca Batley
https://amymcelroy.substack.com/p/welcome
@amymcelroy on Substack
@amymcelroy_author on Instagram
Books: Desiderius Erasmus (2026), Mary Tudor Queen of France (2025)
And many more!

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
@shakeuphistory
https://carolannlloyd.com/
https://patreon.com/carolannlloyd
https://bookshop.org/shop/carolann
The Tudors by Numbers
Courting the Virgin Queen
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History reveals what's possible.