BBC History Magazine Article: 8 unconventional royal wedding dresses in history
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the time of their wedding in 1937. My latest article in the BBC History Magazine is about...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 8, 20187 min read
Books I’ve Read This Week: Queens and Empresses
My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...
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Carolyn Harris
May 18, 20181 min read
My BBC History Magazine article: The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history
Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales on their wedding day in 1981 In honour of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 8, 20171 min read
My 2nd book Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe is now available in paperback
Book Description: Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 2, 20171 min read
My January-February 2018 course at University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies: Family Life from Medieval to Modern Times
Click here for more information and to register. Course Description: Our views on marriage and childrearing would seem very strange to...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 7, 20171 min read
My October-November 2017 course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies: Women In Power
“Boadicea Haranguing the Britons” by John Opie In the Fall of 2017, I will be teaching an eight week course about the history of Women in...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 16, 20171 min read
Nova Scotia Book Tour Dates in September
September 14, 7pm: I will be giving a reading from my new book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting at The Box of Delight’s...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 19, 20171 min read
Canada’s History Magazine Feature Article: The Queen’s Land
The August-September issue of Canada’s History Magazine will be available on newsstands in the coming weeks. Click here to read the Table...
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Carolyn Harris
May 12, 20171 min read
New Quartz Article: The history of British royalty proves raising a kid is always a group effort
Princess Charlotte, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Duke of Cambridge in Victoria, British Columbia (Photo Credit: The...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 10, 20171 min read
CBC Books Interview: 6 Must Reads for the Royal Obsessed
Click here to read “6 must-reads for the royal obsessed from expert and author Carolyn Harris” at CBC Books
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 8, 20171 min read
Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting now available for purchase
Click here to purchase your copy of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting How royal parents dealt with raising their children...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 7, 20171 min read
Review of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe in the Canadian Journal of History
Click here to read the review in the Canadian Journal of History
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 17, 20171 min read
New Review of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe in the Royal Stuart Journal
Click here to read the review in the Royal Stuart Journal 7 (2016) (1) Click here to purchase Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 5, 20172 min read
The Table of Contents for Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
The Table of Contents of my forthcoming book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting is now available online: Table of Contents...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 27, 20172 min read
Advance Reader Reviews of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Here are excerpts from some of the reader reviews: “Raising Royalty is a comprehensive study of how…Kings and Queens have raised their...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 3, 20171 min read
Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
My course about Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution begins at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies on January...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 25, 20162 min read
Advance Praise for Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
“Today‘s parents think they have it tough, monitoring screen time and shuttling kids to soccer matches. Imagine being King William I, the...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 18, 20161 min read
My article about Prince Rupert of the Rhine and Rupert’s Land in Canada’s History Magazine is now online
“Prince Rupert of the Rhine, first governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, had a profound effect on Canada’s history. Following his flight...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 16, 20161 min read
“Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution” begins January 11, 2017
Click here for more information and to register. More than 200 years after her execution, Queen Marie Antoinette is still one of the most...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 29, 20161 min read
Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe review in the Royal Studies Journal
“In an eminently readable and accessible book, Harris, through the use of a variety of printed and manuscript sources, paints a detailed...
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