Dr CATHERINE HANLEY holds a PhD in Medieval Studies (Sheffield, 2001), is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is the author of historical works in several genres. Her scholarly writing includes a monograph based on her PhD thesis and academic journal articles in the UK, US and France, as well as contributions to the Oxford Encyclopaedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. She has written seven books of popular history: three for Yale University Press, two for The History Press and one each for Osprey and Pen & Sword.

‘Step forward, Joanna Plantagenet! … This is an engaging, exciting and hugely enjoyable book that cleverly brings to light the multiplicity of challenges, restrictions and opportunities that faced royal women in the medieval period, moments without power but also, with careful judgement, occasions to exert power.’

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsList of IllustrationsList of Maps and Tables MapsFamily Tables AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 A King’s Daughter2 A King’s Wife3 A King’s Sister4 To the East5 Crusade6 A Massacre and a Marriage Proposal7 The Long Road Home8 Toulouse9 Full CircleConclusionNotesBibliography

Dr CATHERINE HANLEY holds a PhD in Medieval Studies (Sheffield, 2001), is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is the author of historical works in several genres. Her scholarly writing includes a monograph based on her PhD thesis and academic journal articles in the UK, US and France, as well as contributions to the Oxford Encyclopaedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. She has written seven books of popular history: three for Yale University Press, two for The History Press and one each for Osprey and Pen & Sword.

‘Step forward, Joanna Plantagenet! … This is an engaging, exciting and hugely enjoyable book that cleverly brings to light the multiplicity of challenges, restrictions and opportunities that faced royal women in the medieval period, moments without power but also, with careful judgement, occasions to exert power.’

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsList of IllustrationsList of Maps and Tables MapsFamily Tables AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 A King’s Daughter2 A King’s Wife3 A King’s Sister4 To the East5 Crusade6 A Massacre and a Marriage Proposal7 The Long Road Home8 Toulouse9 Full CircleConclusionNotesBibliography