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Gendering the Crusades

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Gendering the Crusades Synopsis

Visions of the Crusades call up images of knights, soldiers, and priests. However, evidence suggests that many women played an active role in the actions and culture of the Crusades. Gendering the Crusades stands as the first substantial exploration of this comparatively neglected topic. Offering interdisciplinary readings of new and old sources that examine masculinity, gender roles, and historical narratives, these essays show the key roles played by women in the military, politics, and family life. From the Knights Templars' devotion to female saints to Anna Comnena's account of the first Crusade, all of the topics covered in the book look at the way society structures and imagines itself.

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ISBN: 9780231125987
Publication date: 21st June 2017
Author: Susan Edgington
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 200 pages
Genres: European history: medieval period, middle ages
General and world history
Gender studies: women and girls
Middle Eastern history
Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict