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Eleventh-century Rome

The Road to Canossa update

The making of an unlikely leader. Matilde of Tuscany's childhood

Eat like an 11th century prince - A Canossa Christmas hamper

The Road to Canossa shortlisted for Page Turner Screenplay Awards 2021

Hamletic Lotharingia - The parallel lives of Hamlet and King Henry IV of Germany

The books that inspired Lotharingia - Thoughts on Pope Joan

What's in a name - The Lotharingian connection

What's in a cover - The golden crosses of medieval power

Why I decided to write a novel on Matilde of Tuscany

Medieval Women in Power - Matilda of Tuscany and her precursors

Lotharingia shortlisted for the 2020 Page Turner Awards

Lotharingia is a Page Turner Award Finalist!

Medieval manuscripts

Read between the lines - Imperial seals for the margravines