British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics

Apr 08 2025 220 ep. 34 mins 189
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Weekly podcast, British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics, available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. Meet famous and infamous characters, walk with playwrights and peasants, and wander through castles and cathedrals. New episodes every Wednesday. Have a question about British history, something you’ve always wanted to know? Just ask! Let’s explore history together.

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Leadership and Friendship, Shakespeare Style! (ep 219)

Apr 08 2025 40 mins  
Time for another special episode about life lessons from Shakespeare and History. This month it's Hermia and Helena from Midsummer Night's Dream. Move over, Puck, these women are leading the way! Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Numbers Courting the Virgin Queen This week: Midsummer Night's Dream History shows us what's p

So Many Secrets: The Life of Emily Anderson with Jackie Uí Chionna (ep 218)

Mar 25 2025 54 mins  
Her life was hidden in secret corners and unknown spaces, and yet she also lived in public. One of the premier code breakers of the 20th century hid in plan sight and remained hidden until social historian Jackie Uí Chionna uncovered her story and broke the code to the real Emily Anderson. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd

Decrypting the Queen: Jade Scott and Mary, Queen of Scots (ep 217)

Mar 18 2025 52 mins  
Mary, Queen of Scots is one of the most fascinating women in history. Imprisoned for years, she fought back in part through communicating in a series of coded letters. Historian Dr Jade Scott takes us into the mysteries of the enigmatic Scottish queen. Dr Jade Scott @huntingrebels The Captive Queen: The Decrypted Life of Mary, Queen of Scots Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @s

The World of Women in the Middle Ages with Gemma Hollman (ep 216)

Mar 11 2025 50 mins  
Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Numbers Courting the Virgin Queen Gemma Hollman justhistoryposts.com @justhistorypost @gemmahauthor Women in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the Worlds of Peasants, Nuns, and Queens The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabe

Women's Leadership, Shakespeare Style! (ep 215)

Mar 04 2025 40 mins  
We might not think Shakespeare's a great choice for finding women in leadership. But when we consider more carefully, we find many women leading where they are. Let's consider a couple: Juliet and Beatrice. During Women's History month, we celebrate all the ways women lead! Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Num

Black Tudors Whose Stories Shaped British History (ep 214)

Feb 18 2025 48 mins  
Our final podcast of Black History month will focus on Black Tudors, with some context from the years before and after the Tudor period and a sense of what is happening around the world. This is an area of Tudor history I do not know enough about, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to dig into the scholarship of so many wonderful historians to learn more. For history to show us

Black History Month: Black Women in British History (ep 213)

Feb 04 2025 49 mins  
As it's Black History Month in the US, I thought I would share some of my favorite Black women in British history that I think we all need to learn more about. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Numbers Courting the Virgin Queen History shows us what's possible.

Life Lessons: Making Decision Based on Values and Thomas More (ep 212)

Feb 02 2025 35 mins  
When faced with important decisions, what makes us say "yes" or "no"? Are our responses based on circumstance, fear of the person making the request, or our values? This week we take a look at Macbeth, Hamlet, and Thomas More to think about our values and how we use them. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Numbe

Behind the Scenes of Great Houses with Adrian Tinniswood (ep 211)

Jan 22 2025 49 mins  
Imagine stepping into an opulent life in the golden age of Britain, where old money met new and elite lives played out in the great homes across the country. With acres of land and a collision of architectural styles, the rural palaces of Victorian and Edwardian England were the stages on which aristocracy performed. Adrian Tinniswood joins Royals, Rebels, and Romantics to discuss

Elizabethan Religion and Treason with Jessie Childs (ep 210)

Jan 07 2025 52 mins  
Elizabethan England was a place of terror for English Catholics, who hid their faith and friends and feared for their lives. Jessie Childs shares the real story of Catholics in the reign of Elizabeth. Show Notes: Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.com @shakeuphistory shakeuphistory.bsky.social patreon.com/carolannlloyd The Tudors by Numbers Courting the Virgin Queen Jessie Childs je