The dark queens the bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world
The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly pal...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
[2022]
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| Summary: | The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet, in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport, these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781635574913 1635574919 9781801109161 1801109168 |
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