“Æthelflæd was one of England's most important female rulers”
T'S A TRUISM, BUT HISTORIOGRAPHY – THE study of the writing of history – always reflects the interests of the rulers and their elites, and the assumptions of the time of writing. It's amazing sometimes how long it takes for perceptions to change. When I was at university there wasn't a paper, let alone a course, on women's history. Only in this last generation or so could you say that women's history.
