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Balthild of Francia: Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, and Abolitionist Saint by Isabel Moreira

Balthild of Francia: Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, and Abolitionist Saint

Isabel Moreira

240 pages first pub 2024 (view editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative slow-paced
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This book tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power through her marriage to the...

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