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"Are you a monarchist?"

I was asked this a few years back by an eminent British historian just after the Brexit vote passed. This was at a conference dinner, after I'd presented a paper on the intersections of theatre and the imperial cultural colonialism project of the English monarchy in early modern

Calvin's Case? REALLY?

Okay - I know that I don't have a spiffy tenure-track position at a law school somewhere, but that's okay. I don't want one and I'm a historian, not a lawyer.* Usually, historians and lawyers understand that there's a lot

A small update

If you've visited before, you'll likely notice that the page looks.... different. A lot different. I fell victim to WordPress breaking my webpage. I got behind on updating my plugins and didn't back up my site appropriately and paid the price. But we rise,

British Royal Titles 101

I originally posted this just after the coronation of Charles III. There was, and honestly, still is a lot of confusion regarding titles and how they're used in the British monarchy, so this is a little bit of an introduction. aka How The British Monarchy Works (for Americans)