S4E2 The Young Queens

In this Episode, Kelsie and Brooke discuss Leah Redmond Chang’s new and riveting book Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power. Her book explores the lives of Catherine de’ Medici (the Queen of France from 1547 to 1559), Elisabeth de Valois (Queen of Spain from 1559 through 1568) and Mary Queen of Scots (Queen of Scotland from 1542 through 1567). These three queens exercized power in a world dominated by men. Leah Redmond Chang is a former associate professor of French literature and culture at the George Washington University. Her wr… Video by YouTube channel.