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100	1		_aPuhak, Shelley, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe dark queens : _bthe bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world / _cShelley Puhak.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022.
300			_axvi, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aThe 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			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-346) and index.
505	0		_aA 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.
600	0	0	_aBrunehaut, _cQueen, consort of Sigebert, King of Austrasia, _d534-613.
600	0	0	_aFredegund, _cQueen, consort of Chilperic I, King of Neustria, _d-597.
650		0	_aQueens _zFrance _vBiography. _953082
650		0	_aMerovingians.
651		0	_aFrance _xHistory _yTo 987. _921797
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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999			_c341915 _d341915