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    The making of an unlikely leader. Matilde of Tuscany's childhood
    larabyrne
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    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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    Hamletic Lotharingia - The parallel lives of Hamlet and King Henry IV of Germany
    larabyrne
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    The books that inspired Lotharingia - Thoughts on Pope Joan
    larabyrne
    • Sep 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    What's in a name - The Lotharingian connection
    larabyrne
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    What's in a cover - The golden crosses of medieval power
    larabyrne
    • May 28, 2021
    • 2 min

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

    I have had a few questions about the cover of Lotharingia, and what it is meant to represent. Lotharingia is a tale of love, relics, and...
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    Why I decided to write a novel on Matilde of Tuscany
    larabyrne
    • Dec 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    Medieval Women in Power - Matilda of Tuscany and her precursors
    larabyrne
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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