🎧 The Queens Who Fought for 40 Years
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We've all heard epic tales of early medieval kings, but what about the queens? It doesn't get much more spectacularly brutal than Brunhild and Fredegund, two sixth century queens who fought a bloody civil war against one another that lasted no less than four decades.
The rival matriarchs also commanded armies, developed taxation policies, established infrastructure and negotiated with emperors & popes... yet their story has been largely forgotten, until now. In this episode for International Women's Day, Cat is joined by award-winning poet and writer Shelley Puhak, whose new book "The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World" tells this gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France.
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