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
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The Tudors by Numbers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Tudors by Numbers
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In this episode of the Royals, Rebels, and Romantics Leadership Series, Carol Ann examines Shakespeare's King Lear as a cautionary tale. Instead of behaving as a leader, Lear behaves as a bully, grasping for power and control. He treats leadership as a transaction, attempting to exchange power for praise. Not surprisingly, everything falls apart.

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
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From the time she burst onto the stage of the royal court in 1522, people have been debating what Anne Boleyn looked like. Recent discoveries about portraits created in the reign of her daughter shed some light on the political importance of Anne's hands. Historian Helene Harrison joins us to share her insight and early identification of the way politics and portraiture come together in the appearance of Anne Boleyn.

Show Notes:

Helene Harrison
https://tudorblogger.com/
@tudorblogger
The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn: Interpreting Image and Perception
Tudor Executions: From Nobility to the Block
Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue, and Treason

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
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Anne Boleyn changed the history of England, but her impact was felt far beyond her native country. Author and historian Heather Darsie brings a Continental perspective to Anne's life, and her death.

Show Notes:

Heather Darsie
Heather holds degrees in law and German, which gives her special insight into the Continental perspective on the factors leading to the death of Anne Boleyn.
https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/
@hrdarsiehistory
"If Any Person Will Meddle of My Cause": The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn (2026)
Katherine of Aragon: Spanish Princess (2025)
Children of the House of Cleves (2023)
AND MORE!
My bookshop.com link to Heather's latest book: https://bookshop.org/a/121653/9781398116023

Carol Ann Lloyd
TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare
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