Fredegund and Brunhild: a tale of two queens
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Brunhild's Talent for Diplomacy
Brunhild is able to negotiate with every foreign ruler at this time period in the known world. We also see her serving as judge in the first recorded instance in western history. And we don't have any records of women doing so before. But we do know that brunhild serves as the royal judge and cases are brought before her, and she's the one making the decisions.
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