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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Catherine de’ Medici: A Case Study

Tuesday 5.10.2021

Summary

Lockdown University is doing a series of lectures this week on the Medici family and their various contributions to the world. In this lecture, Trudy Gold zeroes in on Catherine de’ Medici, who went on to become Queen of France, and discusses her fascinating life and influence.

Trudy Gold

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Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.

Catherine died in Paris.

I’ve seen no evidence of that whatsoever.