Last episode of Queens that Changed the World, season 2, just dropped in North America on @bbcselect “The Ruthless Queen: Agrippina the Younger”, great to have a Roman empress in this group of queens! Agrippina was ambitious—is her portrayal as ruthless and immoral fair or a pushback on her power?

Out today in North America on BBC Select—Queens that Changed the World: The Divisive Queen: Mary Queen of Scots, always a queen who divides the crowd, are you Team MQS? Tragic victim or agent of her own destruction? #queenship👑

Available today (ignore date on the poster!), new episode of Queens that Changed the World on Lakshmibai via BBC Select in North America 👸

New additions to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series! So excited to have my editor’s copies and add them to the ever growing shelf of LORW titles! @enortonhistory.bsky.social

Available now (in North America)—newest episode of Queens that Changed the World on BBC Select on Marie Antoinette—if you enjoyed this episode and want more on this fascinating queen you can also listen to our episodes on Marie Antoinette on the Royal Studies Podcast: royalstudies.buzzsprout.com

Enjoyed our @royalstudies.bsky.social strand @imc-leeds.bsky.social yesterday, discussing shifting representation & memory of kings & queens from imperial China to Victorian medievalism, today is the ‘Long Live the Queen’ strand from Reconfiguring Bohemian Queenship project in Maurice Keyworth 1.06

Interested in #royalstudies & #queenship? Come join us for the @royalstudies.bsky.social strand @imc-leeds.bsky.social in Maurice Keyworth 1.32 all day Weds & come back for Central European queens (organized by Patrik Pastrnak) in Maurice Keyworth 1.06 on Thursday, loads of great papers on offer!

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Attending #IMC2026 ? Come watch our RSN strands on Wednesday and Thursday

A pleasure to host a launch for Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe www.routledge.com/Exploring-Mo... with @ewoodacre.bsky.social and the amazing author team at #imc2026 Routledge Bookstand, copies still available!

Great to see the newest releases in the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series on the stand @imc-leeds.bsky.social 👸 @enortonhistory.bsky.social

TODAY—if you are @imc-leeds.bsky.social join us at 6pm at the @routledgehistory.bsky.social stand in the bookfair to celebrate the launch of our new textbook on medieval monarchy, be great to see you there and you can chat with us and our wonderful contributors about the book

Out today in N.America on BBC Select —new episode of Queens that Changed the World on the fantastic and formidable Maria Theresa, check it out!

Out today!! So excited that our @routledgehistory.bsky.social textbook is now published—wonderful to work with Lucy Dean @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social & Simon Lambe as well as our amazing contributors to create a comprehensive look at monarchy across medieval Europe www.routledge.com/Exploring-Mo...

Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe, 1000–1500

Through wide-ranging thematic chapters, this book offers students a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of monarchy across Europe in the Middle Ages. The volume is separated into fou...

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Queens That Changed the World Series 2 premieres on BBC Select in the Americas on 25 June—episodes will be released every Thursday for the next 6 weeks. Don’t miss episode 1 ‘The Last Queen of America’ on Queen Charlotte tomorrow! So enjoyed working on the series and hope you enjoy watching it!

Great day at Chalke Valley History Festival with my @teachmedwomen.bsky.social colleagues—doing a bit of mythbusting on the power of medieval women with a large (hot) tent of schoolchildren

Been a queenly week, presenting with Katia Wright at Beyond Exceptionalism III on queens lands and talking about medieval queens and fake news with my colleague Gordon McKelvie at the @britishacademy.bsky.social Ideas Festival 👸

Delighted to announce the release of the newest issue of the @royalstjournal.bsky.social 13.1–a special issue featuring 8 fascinating articles connected with the @hrp-palaces.bsky.social Henry on Tour project, plus another 8 book reviews rsj.winchester.ac.uk/32/volume/13...

Special Issue: Henry VIII on Tour | Royal Studies Journal

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Join us Monday 1 June at 4:30pm at Jesus College Oxford or online to celebrate the launch of Matthieu Mensch’s book on Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, the newest addition to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series www.tickettailor.com/events/royal... www.routledge.com/Marie-Theres...

Select tickets – Matthieu Mensch - "Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France: Daughter of Marie Antoinette and Almost Queen" (Book Launch) – MS Teams

Matthieu Mensch - "Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France: Daughter of Marie Antoinette and Almost Queen" (Book Launch) – MS Teams, Mon 1 Jun 2026 - Mon 8 Jun 2026

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Listen to our new podcast episode here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... @mbarberhistory.bsky.social interviews Alfred Hawkins, curator at Historic Royal Palaces. They discuss the Tower's role as a palace, fortress and prison, its rich history and what royal life there was like in different eras

Just arrived, latest addition to the @routledgehistory.bsky.social Lives of Royal Women series! Join us to launch the book at the Oxford Court Studies seminar on 1 June at Jesus College 4:30pm

NEW BLOG POST OUT NOW📣👑 This piece examines how Alexandra, Princess of Wales, used “soft monarchical power” during her 1868 visit to Ireland following the Fenian Rising. #Blog #History #RoyalStudies #Monarchy #Academia

Enjoyed the Museo del Romantismo this morning, definitely falling under the spell of the 19th century recently—so many fascinating queens like Isabel II & Maria Cristina, might have to expand the scope of my early modern #queenship module! 👸

New podcast episode out now - listen here: buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... @susannah-lw.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Eltze to discuss the reign of Amannote-erike, ancient King of Kush

Many thanks Judith Ortega & Cristina Fernandes for the wonderful Women & Music in the Iberian Courts conference! I’ve learned so much from seeing queenly patronage through the eyes of musicologists & hearing fascinating case studies. Check out the virtual exhibition biblioteca.ucm.es/ghi/clave-fe...

👑 Queen Isabel of Castilla turned 575 this week, so Queenship scholars @susanabernethy2.bsky.social & @ewoodacre.bsky.social joined us to discuss Isabel & her gifted royal female line: Juana of Castilla, Catherine of Aragon, Mary I of England & more! Listen now: www.spreaker.com/episode/seas...

If you enjoyed this episode you can pre-order Matthieu’s book on Marie Thérèse Charlotte in the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series, out in May and we’ll be launching the book at the Oxford Court Studies Seminar (& streamed via the RSN) on 1 June www.routledge.com/Marie-Theres...

Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France: Daughter of Marie-Antoinette and Almost Queen

This book provides a comprehensive account of the long-neglected but fascinating figure Marie-Thérèse Charlotte (1778-1851), the only surviving daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Duchesse d’A...

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In this final episode of our Marie Antoinette series, @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Matthieu Mensch about his book on Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Join our next DSS seminar on 28th April at 6pm GMT. Registration link: www.tickettailor.com/.../royalstu... “The Governance of Feeling: Gendering the Insider / Outsider Paradigm in Iberian Court Culture” Núria Silleras-Fernández, University of Colorado

NEW BLOG POST OUT NOW! 📣👑 This post is a summary of a discussion held by Cosima Carnige with Dr Helen Carr and Dr Elizabeth Norton, exploring queenship, power, and authority throughout the centuries ✍️ Kurtis Pope royalstudiesblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/e... #Blog #History #RoyalStudies

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