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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| 100 | 1 | |a Puhak, Shelley, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The dark queens : |b the bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world / |c Shelley Puhak. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Bloomsbury Publishing, |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022. | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color), maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
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| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-346) and index. | ||
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Brunehaut, |c Queen, consort of Sigebert, King of Austrasia, |d 534-613. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Fredegund, |c Queen, consort of Chilperic I, King of Neustria, |d -597. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Queens |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Merovingians. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a France |x History |y To 987. | |
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| 690 | 0 | |a Richards, Amanda Fuller tribute. | |
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