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larabyrne
Dec 7, 20215 min read
The making of an unlikely leader. Matilde of Tuscany's childhood
Not much is known about Matilde/a of Tuscany's birth. The year was 1046, but the day and place are uncertain. Mantova, Lucca, Canossa,...
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larabyrne
Sep 24, 20213 min read
Hamletic Lotharingia - The parallel lives of Hamlet and King Henry IV of Germany
Whilst I was not consciously aware of it as I was working on his character, I realise a posteriori that my version of Heinrich IV owes...
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larabyrne
Sep 3, 20213 min read
The books that inspired Lotharingia - Thoughts on Pope Joan
This is my first post in a while. I have spent the summer dreaming of holidays I could not take, and sharing visuals of the settings of...
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larabyrne
Jun 10, 20212 min read
What's in a name - The Lotharingian connection
A few people have asked how I have come up with the title and what Lotharingia means. Matilde, my heroine, is known as Matilda of...
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larabyrne
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Why I decided to write a novel on Matilde of Tuscany
In many ways, Countess Matilde of Tuscany was the most remarkable woman of the XI century. She must have made quite an impression on...
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larabyrne
Dec 2, 20203 min read
Medieval Women in Power - Matilda of Tuscany and her precursors
Medieval Europe did not really have historians in the modern (or ancient Greek) sense of the word. It had chroniclers and propagandists....
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larabyrne
May 20, 20201 min read
Medieval manuscripts
Sadly, a lot of medieval castles today are very different from the way they looked in their hey day. Re-modelling and change of use, as...
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larabyrne
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Read between the lines - Imperial seals for the margravines
How else can one try and recover the traces of the historical actions of medieval women? Apart from a few exceptions, writing was the...
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