Historian Dr. Estelle Paranque on Queen Elizabeth I

*Warning: This episode contains some explicit language, nothing serious, but don’t listen with little ears around.

Dr Estelle Paranque is Lecturer in Early Modern History at New College of the Humanities at Northeastern, and an Honorary Research Fellow within the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Elizabeth I of England Through Valois Eyes: Power, Representation, and Diplomacy in the Reign of the Queen, 1558-1588 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and has published several essays on Elizabeth I, French monarchs, and other European queens.

I had the privilege to speak with historian Dr Estelle Paranque on the subject, by the way, her favorite subject, and we discussed everything from her relationship with Robert Dudley, her similarities to Anne Boleyn, and yes, I found a way to discuss Thomas Seymour – because, let’s be honest, you can’t talk about Elizabeth’s early years without discussing Thomas.

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Written by: Rebecca Larson

Voiced by: Rebecca Larson & Dr Estelle Paranque

Produced by: Rebecca Larson

Imaging by: Troy Larson

Music Credits: Music from https://filmmusic.io“Folk Round” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)