Ottonian queens are hot currently: Phyllis Jestice recently published Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty (https://t.co/mcbZqJZ5JF), as well as books by Simon Maclean (https://t.co/bVPJGg5KU5) and Penelope Nash (https://t.co/jyYADK8VeH).
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"It was possible for Ottonian imperial women to play a role that was scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries.. By the early decades of the 11th C, the queen-empresses of Germany had more influence than they ever exercised before or after" #medievalhistory
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Out now! "Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty" confronts the outmoded notion of exceptionalism and illuminates the lives of powerful Ottonian women. #medievalhistory https://t.co/LUH1edYN0j https://t.co/m6KCQZJiwi