This book comes with no apology. I am not here to convince you that it is high time we put women back at the centre of history. Many have done this before me. I’m also not here to draw a dividing line between male and female, to stress the importance of each in opposition to the other. Instead, I want to show you that there are so many more ways to approach history now. Far from being ‘unrecoverable’,1 developments in archaeology, advancements in technology and an openness to new angles have made medieval women ripe for rediscovery.
