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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World 

by Shelley Puhak

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, wher

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9781635574913