Draft:Estelle Paranque
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Estelle Paranque is a French public historian based in London, specialising in early modern royalty, queenship and diplomacy. In addition to creating online educational content, she has authored and edited 6 books, profiling the likes of Elizabeth I, Catherine de Medici, Louise of Lorraine, and Anne Boleyn, and contributed to a number of documentaries. She taught at King's College London, the University of Winchester, UCL, and Queen Mary University of London, before joining Northeastern University London in 2017.
Early life[edit]
Paranque studied at Aix-Marseille University and University College London (UCL).
Personal life[edit]
Paranque has a son and a daughter.
Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- Elizabeth I of England Through Valois Eyes: Power, Representation and Diplomacy in the Reign of the Queen, 1558-1588 (2019)
- Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici (2022)
- Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn (2024)
Edited books[edit]
- Colonisation, Piracy & Trade in Early Modern Europe: The Roles of Powerful Women and Queens (2017), co-edited with Nate Probasco and Claire Jowitt
- Forgotten Queens in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Political Agency, Myth-Making, and Patronage (2018), co-edited with Valerie Schutte
- Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France: Reputation, Reinterpretation, and Reincarnation (2019)
Articles and chapters[edit]
- "Catherine of Medici: Henry III's inspiration to be a Father to his People" in Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era (2015), edited by Elena Woodacre and Carey Fleiner
- "The Representations and Ambiguities of the Warlike Female Kingship of Elizabeth I of England" in Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and Great Britain (2016), edited by Katherine Buchanan and Lucinda Dean
- "The Significance of the King's Children in The Tudors" with Carole Levin in The Tudors, Sex, Politics, and Power: History, Fiction and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series (2016), edited by William B Robison
- "Another Spare to the French Crown: Henry III of France's Self-Representation and Royal Authority" in Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe: Potential Kings and Queens (2017), edited by Valerie Schutte
- "Queen Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Court in the French Ambassador's Eyes" in Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies: Essays in Honor of Professor Carole Levin (2017), edited by Anna Riehl Bertolet
- "Royal Representations Through the Warrior and Father Figures in Early Modern Europe" in History of Monarchy (2019), edited by Elena Woodacre
- "Catherine of Medici and her Grandmotherhood: Building Emotional and Political Intergenerational Relationships" in Renaissance Studies Journal, Vol 34:4 (2020)
- "Devotion, Influence, and Loyalty: Re-evaluating Queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont's political and diplomatic role in early modern France" in Early Modern Women Journal, Vol 16.2 (2022)
References[edit]
Category:Academics of King's College London
Category:Academics of Queen Mary University of London
Category:Academics of Queen Mary University of London
Category:Academics of the University of Winchester
Category:Aix-Marseille University alumni
Category:Alumni of University College London
Category:French expatriates in England
Category:French women historians
Category:International relations historians
Category:Historians of the early modern period
Category:Historians of monarchy and royalty
Category:Royal biographers
Category:Tudor historians