Cinna Cassia, Queen of the Britons

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This fictional work enhances post-Roman Britain's history. Written history ended when Rome departed from Britain. Religious powers interpreting religious teachings viewed same-sex partnerships differently than now. 

A monk found an obscure handwritten collection of Latin manuscripts in Canterbury, England's archives in 1494, including a mislabeled version of Historia Regum Britanniae with a velum-bound cover that chronicled Cinna Cassia, Queen of the Britons, during Britain's post-Roman era. After discovering Cassia, the monk read texts, documents, and folk ballads about her nonstop. To honor her, the monk visited French, English, Scottish, and Italian archives. 

The monk discovered that Cassia married Lily, who established the first schools in Londinium to teach children, adults, and warriors, including her son Arthur, of whom history had written. The monk wrote about her in 1518, but scholars and history ignored an early English woman. The monk was prosecuted because a book encouraging same-sex relationships broke every religious dogma, but the king was interested. Three thousand people gleefully watched the monk burn at the stake, a traditional Reformation punishment or amusement. The king ordered all copies to be destroyed.