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A wedding in Metz -- Meeting the Franks -- The fall of Charibert -- New alliances -- A missive to Byzantium -- The slave queen -- All the king's men -- The siege -- The witch and the nun -- Back channels -- Uprising -- The laws of sanctuary -- Crime and punishment -- "Wise in counsel" -- Fredegund's grief -- Brunhild in the breach -- The regency -- Set ablaze -- Brunichildis regina -- The king is dead -- The vexations of King Guntram -- The Gundovald affair -- The diplomatic arts -- The dukes' revolt -- A royal engagement -- The defiant nuns -- Allies and assassins -- Forlorn little boys -- The fading of the kings -- The dual rule -- Brunhild's battles -- The fall -- Epilogue: Backlash.
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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World, Shelley Puhak
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- Released
- 2022
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Shelley Puhak
- Publisher
- Gale, a Cengage Group
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 629
- ISBN13
- 9781432899332
- Series
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- A wedding in Metz -- Meeting the Franks -- The fall of Charibert -- New alliances -- A missive to Byzantium -- The slave queen -- All the king's men -- The siege -- The witch and the nun -- Back channels -- Uprising -- The laws of sanctuary -- Crime and punishment -- "Wise in counsel" -- Fredegund's grief -- Brunhild in the breach -- The regency -- Set ablaze -- Brunichildis regina -- The king is dead -- The vexations of King Guntram -- The Gundovald affair -- The diplomatic arts -- The dukes' revolt -- A royal engagement -- The defiant nuns -- Allies and assassins -- Forlorn little boys -- The fading of the kings -- The dual rule -- Brunhild's battles -- The fall -- Epilogue: Backlash.