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Carolyn Harris
Nov 9, 20151 min read
Review of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada in Resource Links Magazine
Here is an excerpt from the review: “Lavishly illustrated throughout, Dr. Harris gives a well-rounded history of the document and its...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 6, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty
Although King Henry VIII and his daughter Queen Elizabeth I are two of the most famous monarchs in English history, knowledge of their...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 5, 20151 min read
My article on King John and Magna Carta in Law Now Magazine
Click here to read the article in Law Now Magazine. Click here to purchase my book Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law,...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 4, 20151 min read
My talk on Magna Carta and Canada’s Constitution for the Osgoode Constitutional Law Society (November 16: 12:30-2:30pm)
Magna Carta and Canada’s Constitution is open to the public and lunch is provided! All are welcome. My book, Magna Carta and Its Gifts to...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 16, 20151 min read
Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Table of Contents and Introduction now available online
Click here to read the Introduction and Table of Contents of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe Click here to pre-order your...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 14, 20151 min read
My Magna Carta talk at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto
Click here for more information about the festival and tickets Click here to purchase the book, Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada:...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 10, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank by Terry Breverton
Breverton takes a wide approach to the Tudor period, discussing dishes from England’s first cookbook, The Forme of Cury, a Roll of...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 9, 20151 min read
My latest article in the Canadian Encyclopedia: Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee – 2012
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Canada in 2010 This year, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 3, 20152 min read
My Magna Carta lecture series at Fort York this October
October 7 and 8: King John and the Making of Magna Carta Wednesday, October 7, 2 – 3 p.m. Thursday, October 8, 8 – 9 p.m. (Pub open 6 –...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 2, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Crown and Parliament, edited by Michel Bédard and Philippe Lagassé
While the sixteen commonwealth realms agreed on the importance of gender equality, reopening the question of the royal succession...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 1, 20151 min read
My article about Prince Rupert on the cover of Canada’s History Magazine
Pick up a copy of the October-November issue of Canada’s History Magazine to read my article on Canada’s Warrior Prince. My interview...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 28, 20151 min read
Interview with the University of Regina and 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Magna Carta
Click here to read my interview with the University of Regina On November 26, I will be giving lectures on Magna Carta in Edmonton, the...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 20, 20151 min read
Magna Carta Book Signings and Lectures in Saskatoon and Regina
September 28: Saskatoon 12pm: “Magna Carta and The Making of the Modern World” lecture at the University of Saskatchewan, Room 150, MLT...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 17, 20151 min read
Toronto Public Library Talk on September 24: Peter the Great and the Building of St. Petersburg
Peter the Great in 1698 I will be giving a lecture at Deer Park Library in Toronto (40 St. Clair Avenue East) about Peter the Great of...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 11, 20151 min read
Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada Reviewed in Canadian Materials Magazine
“Secondary school and public libraries across Canada should add Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada to their collections. Librarians and...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 10, 20150 min read
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 9, 20151 min read
My Column in the Globe and Mail and Interviews about Queen Elizabeth II becoming longest reigning monarch
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne touring Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories in 1970 My column in today’s Globe and Mail, The Queen...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 6, 20151 min read
Canadian Press Interview: Queen Elizabeth to surpass Victoria for length of reign, but similarities endure
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Royal York hotel in Toronto on a tour of Canada in 2010. On September...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 4, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Becoming a Romanov: Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World (1807-1873) by Marina Soroka and Charles A. Rudd
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, the wife of Catherine the Great’s youngest grandson, Michael Pavlovich, assumed in her own lifetime that...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 28, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran
Doran begins by reversing long standing assumptions about Elizabeth’s views of her parents, King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII...
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