Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative, Volume 25Women's role in crusades and crusading examined through a close investigation of the narratives in which they appear. Narratives of crusading have often been overlooked as a source for the history of women because of their focus on martial events, and perceptions about women inhibiting the recruitment and progress of crusading armies. Yet women consistently appeared in the histories of crusade and settlement, performing a variety of roles. While some were vilified as "useless mouths" or prostitutes, others undertook menial tasks for the army, went on crusade with retinuesof their own knights, and rose to political prominence in the Levant and and the West. Dr NATASHA R. HODGSON teaches at Nottingham Trent University. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Literary Context | 8 |
Authorship | 26 |
Women in the History of Crusading and the Latin East | 36 |
Daughters | 54 |
Wives | 103 |
Mothers | 154 |
Widows | 197 |
Conclusion | 236 |
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Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative Natasha R. Hodgson No preview available - 2017 |