Welcome to This Week in Royal History, where we're exploring the world of royal history from one century to another - stopping on events that may interest you. In this episode, we look at the week of June 4-10 and focus on a few interesting stories, i

Today, we're diving into a lesser-known chapter of Icelandic history: the mysterious arrival of the plague in the 1400s. Get ready for a tale filled with seafaring traders, remote island communities, and a disease that changed everything. -- Commercia

Welcome to This Week in Royal History, where we're exploring the world of royal history from one century to another - stopping on events that may interest you. In this episode, we look at the week of May 28-June 3 and focus on a few interesting storie

In this episode, Dr. Johanna Strong is joined by Jessica Storoschuk and Dr. Cindy McCreery to hear more about queenship and Empire, this time looking at Elizabeth II. Jess is a historian of monarchy, focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her

Welcome to This Week in Royal History, where we're exploring the world of royal history from one century to another - stopping on events that may be of interest to you. In this episode, we look at the week of May 21-May 27 and focus on a few interesti

Margaret George writes biographical novels about outsized historical characters: Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, Cleopatra, Mary Magdalene, Helen of Troy, and Elizabeth I. Her latest, The Confessions of Young Nero, will be published in March. All six o

In todays episode, Dr. Johanna Strong is joined by Dr Alison Miller and Dr Alban Schmid. Alison is an associate professor of Art History and the Chair of Asian Studies at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and has published widely on Meiji

Welcome to This Week in Royal History, where we're exploring the world of royal history from one century to another - stopping on events that may be of interest to you. In this episode we look at the week of May 7-May 13 and focus on a few interesting

Historical dramas are a popular form of entertainment that captivate many of us. In this episode, the wonderful Christine Morgan makes a comeback and chats with the reigning historical drama queen, Claire. They discuss the latest and upcoming historical d

In this episode, Andy McMillin joins me to discuss the fascinating topic of the six queens of Henry VIII and their dowries, dower lands, and jointures. We'll look at the differences between a dowry and dower lands and what exactly was a jointure. Did