Catherine Hanley

Catherine Hanley has a PhD in Medieval Studies, specialising in 12th- and 13th-century warfare. She has written five books of popular history including Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior (2019) and Two Houses, Two Kingdoms: A History of France and England, 1100-1300 (July 2022), both for Yale University Press. Matilda was reviewed very positively in, among others, the Guardian and was named by both the Financial Times and BBC History Magazine as one of their ?Best Books of 2019?.