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

byShelley 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. Using biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, The Dark Queens moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing The Dark Queens within biography & autobiography and history, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment. The Dark Queens emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9781635574913