Gendering the Crusades
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Publishing Details
Gendering the Crusades
By (Author) Susan B. Edgington
Edited by Sarah Lambert
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
22nd March 2002
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict
Gender studies, gender groups
909.07
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 138mm, Height 220mm
Description
This work provides an exploration of the issue of gender in relation to the crusades. It discusses a range of subjects, from the medieval construction of gender to the military participation of women in the crusades. It provides both readings of well-known texts and examinations of newer source material, as well as discussing other topics such as masculinity, the role of female saints and religious figures in the crusades, and the realtionship of crusaders to their families.
Reviews
"As the first major attempt at a gendered approach to the crusades, it will be an essential text for all those interested in the study of the crusades and the Latin East, gender history, and the cultural contexts of medieval warfare." Bollettino del CIRT
Author Bio
Susan B. Edgington was formerly a senior lecturer at Huntingdonshire Regional College She has written widely on the crusades and has edited and translated the Antiochene Wars and the Historia Iherosolimitana of Albert of Aachen. Sarah Lambert is a lecturer at Goldsmith's College, University of London and the author of several articles on issues of gender in crusade history.
