Regent, Rebel, Saint: Who was Elisabeth of Thuringia really? Sabine Weigand's successful novel about the most famous woman of the German Middle Ages. Since her childhood, the young noblewoman Gisa has been the confidante of Elisabeth, the Landgravine of Thuringia. She knows how torn Elisabeth is between her love for the power-hungry Landgrave Ludwig and her search for a God-pleasing, simple life. Gisa witnesses Elisabeth's rebellion against the court and the unrest caused by her donations and care for the poor. She also sees how the Landgrave's younger brother conspires with dissatisfied nobles to turn them against the Staufer Emperor Frederick II. Gisa's most pressing secret revolves around the forbidden meetings of a heretical sect that she has eavesdropped on. When Elisabeth encounters the fanatical inquisitor Konrad von Marburg in 1226, her life changes radically.