“This quote by medievalist Kolve is my concession: We have little choice but to acknowledge our modernity, admit that our interest in the past is always (and by no means illegitimately) born of present concerns.” PastPresentModernityMedievalismKolve Book:Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it Source: Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it