Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette received the Royal Studies Journal's Award for best book on the history of monarchy in 2016.

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Dr. Carolyn Harris is a historian, author and royal commentator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She currently teaches history at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies. She the author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law, and Human Rights (Dundurn Press 2015) and Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette (Palgrave Macmillan 2015). Her 3rd book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting will be published by Dundurn Press in 2017.

Carolyn completed her PhD in history at Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada in May, 2012 with six months of her doctorate at Birkbeck College, University of London in 2009 as a visiting overseas research student.

Carolyn is an expert in the history of European monarchy and has been interviewed by numerous media outlets including the CTV News Channel, CNN, BBC Radio 5, CBC syndicated radio, Radio Canada International, TVO’s “The Agenda,” The Toronto Star, the National Post and the Globe and Mail. Her writing concerning the historical context for issues facing the British and Canadian monarchies today has appeared in Canada’s History Magazine, BBC News Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Military History Monthly, the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Bloomberg News, the Toronto Sun and the Kingston Whig-Standard.

Carolyn is also a prolific guest lecturer both on land and at sea. She has delivered talks on the monarchy for numerous museums, libraries, universities, retirement residences, and educational organizations. Carolyn also contributes to cruise ship enrichment programs and has lectured onboard cruise ships sailing to the Caribbean, Scandinavia and St. Petersburg and the UK and Western Europe.

Carolyn is available to give talks and interviews on Magna Carta, royal history, Canada and the monarchy, and European history. She is also available as a historical consultant, writer, presenter or contributor to television, radio, print and online media.

For all inquiries contact:

E-mail: carolyn.suzanne.harris@gmail.com

Twitter: @royalhistorian

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King John and the making of Magna Carta, Carolyn Harris, October 8th, 2014

Ms. Magna Carta and the Centre for Constitutional Studies were pleased to welcome Dr. Carolyn Harris to the University of Alberta Faculty of Law on Nov. 26, 2015. Dr. Harris condensed 800 years of history into one hour and explained how Magna Carta has shaped Canada's Constitution today.

Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada

Magna Carta guaranteed noble widows freedom from forced remarriage. 800 years later, there are still women around the world who do not enjoy freedom of choice regarding marriage. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that a woman's right to choose a spouse and enter freely into marriage is central to her life and dignity, and equality as a human being. This right has been continually reaffirmed by the United Nations since the Declaration was adopted, demonstrating that centuries after Magna Carta, forced marriage remains a human rights issue in many parts of the world. In 2013, the first United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution against forced marriage, affirming the same principle expressed in Magna Carta centuries before.

Dr. Carolyn Harris teaches history at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. She received her PhD in European history from Queen's University in 2012. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Smithsonian Magazine, and the BBC News Magazine, and she is a frequent guest on television and radio. She lives in Toronto. Her first book, Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada, was published by Dundurn Press in 2015.


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