Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦
@royalhistorian.bsky.social
Historian, royal commentator, author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada (2015), Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe (2015) & Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting (2017). Co-editor of the English Consorts series! royalhistorian.com
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Email from Royal Historian Canadian Encyclopedia Articles about Georgian Royalty November 5, 2025 | Issue 28 November 2025 Carolyn Harris Royal Historian Newsletter November 2025 Guest Lectures
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Watching Ken Burns' American Revolution
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Watching Ken Burns' American Revolution
View from the Viaduct
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
View from the Viaduct
Great audience at Toronto Public Library - Morningside Branch for this afternoon's lecture on the history of royal weddings!
Great to see some of the students from my Thursday Later Life Learning course about Royal Scandals.
Great to see some of the students from my Thursday Later Life Learning course about Royal Scandals.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Great audience at Toronto Public Library - Morningside Branch for this afternoon's lecture on the history of royal weddings!
Great to see some of the students from my Thursday Later Life Learning course about Royal Scandals.
Great to see some of the students from my Thursday Later Life Learning course about Royal Scandals.
Lecturing at Toronto Public Library Morningside Branch this afternoon about the history of royal weddings.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Lecturing at Toronto Public Library Morningside Branch this afternoon about the history of royal weddings.
TOMORROW: My talk on the history of Royal Weddings at Toronto Public Library - Morningside Branch www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/signin
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November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
TOMORROW: My talk on the history of Royal Weddings at Toronto Public Library - Morningside Branch www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/signin
Register for my February-March 2026 in-class course @uoftscs.bsky.social - Richard III: Monstrous or Misunderstood learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...
2989 - Richard III: Monstrous or Misunderstood?
The discovery in 2012 of the remains of Richard III underneath a parking lot in Leicester revived a centuries-old debate. Is he one of history's greatest villains or the victim of Tudor propaganda? We...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Register for my February-March 2026 in-class course @uoftscs.bsky.social - Richard III: Monstrous or Misunderstood learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...
My January-March 2026 online course about the History of Scotland at Learning Unlimited Etobicoke is now open for enrollment. www.learningunlimitedetobicoke.com
Home Page | Learning Unlimited Etobicoke
Registration for the Winter 2026 season is now open. Details are posted below. Note that all Zoom lectures will be recorded and can be viewed for 6 days after the lecture. All lecture materials publis...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My January-March 2026 online course about the History of Scotland at Learning Unlimited Etobicoke is now open for enrollment. www.learningunlimitedetobicoke.com
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Meet our authors: The Canadian Encyclopedia features articles from experts in their fields, like Dr. Carolyn Harris. @royalhistorian.bsky.social is a historian, author and royal commentator. She was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Meet our authors: The Canadian Encyclopedia features articles from experts in their fields, like Dr. Carolyn Harris. @royalhistorian.bsky.social is a historian, author and royal commentator. She was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 2025.
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Rencontrez nos auteurs : L'Encyclopédie canadienne présente des articles rédigés par des experts dans leur domaine, comme Carolyn Harris. Elle est historienne, auteure et commentatrice royale.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Rencontrez nos auteurs : L'Encyclopédie canadienne présente des articles rédigés par des experts dans leur domaine, comme Carolyn Harris. Elle est historienne, auteure et commentatrice royale.
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My books "Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada" and "Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting" are currently 25% off at @dundurnpress.bsky.social www.dundurn.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My books "Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada" and "Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting" are currently 25% off at @dundurnpress.bsky.social www.dundurn.com
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My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about Julie Saint-Laurent, the long-term partner of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of Queen Victoria). She accompanied him to Quebec & Nova Scotia in the 1790s.
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Julie Saint-Laurent
Alphonsine-Thérèse-Bernardine-Julie de Montgenêt, Baronne de Fortisson, Comtesse de Montgenêt (born 30 September 1760 in Besançon, France; died 8 August 1...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about Julie Saint-Laurent, the long-term partner of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of Queen Victoria). She accompanied him to Quebec & Nova Scotia in the 1790s.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...
My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about Julie Saint-Laurent, the long-term partner of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of Queen Victoria). She accompanied him to Quebec & Nova Scotia in the 1790s.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...
Julie Saint-Laurent
Alphonsine-Thérèse-Bernardine-Julie de Montgenêt, Baronne de Fortisson, Comtesse de Montgenêt (born 30 September 1760 in Besançon, France; died 8 August 1...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about Julie Saint-Laurent, the long-term partner of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of Queen Victoria). She accompanied him to Quebec & Nova Scotia in the 1790s.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...
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From the state dinner pool report:
"In his speech, King Carl XVI Gustaf thanked Canada for the warm welcome and said it was a "pleasure" to be back in the country. He said his great grandfather, Prince Arthur of Connaught, was Governor General of Canada in the 1910s, and lived in Rideau Hall."
"In his speech, King Carl XVI Gustaf thanked Canada for the warm welcome and said it was a "pleasure" to be back in the country. He said his great grandfather, Prince Arthur of Connaught, was Governor General of Canada in the 1910s, and lived in Rideau Hall."
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
From the state dinner pool report:
"In his speech, King Carl XVI Gustaf thanked Canada for the warm welcome and said it was a "pleasure" to be back in the country. He said his great grandfather, Prince Arthur of Connaught, was Governor General of Canada in the 1910s, and lived in Rideau Hall."
"In his speech, King Carl XVI Gustaf thanked Canada for the warm welcome and said it was a "pleasure" to be back in the country. He said his great grandfather, Prince Arthur of Connaught, was Governor General of Canada in the 1910s, and lived in Rideau Hall."
Lyric in search of his dinner
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Lyric in search of his dinner
I spoke with CBC Radio Here and Now about "Historic items from Hudson’s Bay Company are on the auction block" Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I spoke with CBC Radio Here and Now about "Historic items from Hudson’s Bay Company are on the auction block" Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
My books "Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada" and "Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting" are currently 25% off at @dundurnpress.bsky.social www.dundurn.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My books "Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada" and "Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting" are currently 25% off at @dundurnpress.bsky.social www.dundurn.com
I'll be discussing A Legacy Through Art: The Hudson’s Bay Company Collection, today's auction of Hudson's Bay Company paintings on CBC radio Here and Now at 3:20pm ET. www.heffel.com/auction/Lots...
Heffel | Canadas National Fine Art Auction House - Live Art Auction
Heffel fine art live auction. Buy artworks by: Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips, Adam Sherriff Scott, George Franklin Arbuckle, Charles Fraser Comfort, Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston
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November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'll be discussing A Legacy Through Art: The Hudson’s Bay Company Collection, today's auction of Hudson's Bay Company paintings on CBC radio Here and Now at 3:20pm ET. www.heffel.com/auction/Lots...
Great audience at the University Club of Toronto for this evening's lecture about women and power in history!
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Great audience at the University Club of Toronto for this evening's lecture about women and power in history!
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I discussed Prince William, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II's legacy with CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
Prince William under pressure: Why there's so much at stake for him as the monarchy faces scandal | CBC News
Prince William's recent visit to Brazil reflected both the personal and public sides of an heir to the throne coming under increasing focus as the monarchy faces its own pressures and recent scandal.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I discussed Prince William, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II's legacy with CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
I discussed Prince William, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II's legacy with CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
Prince William under pressure: Why there's so much at stake for him as the monarchy faces scandal | CBC News
Prince William's recent visit to Brazil reflected both the personal and public sides of an heir to the throne coming under increasing focus as the monarchy faces its own pressures and recent scandal.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I discussed Prince William, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II's legacy with CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
Sharks at the Royal Ontario Museum
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sharks at the Royal Ontario Museum
Marie de Medici sighting at the Royal Ontario Museum
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Marie de Medici sighting at the Royal Ontario Museum
Flemish paintings (including a few royal portraits) at the Royal Ontario Museum
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Flemish paintings (including a few royal portraits) at the Royal Ontario Museum
Royal history at the Royal Ontario Museum
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Royal history at the Royal Ontario Museum