Bibliograph

The dark queens, the bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world, Shelley Puhak

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The dark queens, the bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world, Shelley Puhak

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The dark queens

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Shelley Puhak

Sub title

the bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world

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"--, Provided by publisher

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