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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This is an excellent collection of thirteen articles from scholars... [that] examine to one degree or another the medieval perception of women's roles and presence during the crusades... This makes for enjoyable and profitable reading.
(Louis Haas The Historian )About the Author
Susan Edgington was formerly a lecturer at Huntingdonshire Regional College and is now a writer.
Sarah Lambert is a lecturer at Goldsmith's College, University of London.
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I discovered this gem while recording a text on the Second Crusade for upper level university courses. Most extant historical documents were written by monks or military commanders and so exclude half the population due to lack of exposure or out right fear of temptation. It is sadly true that "well behaved women seldom make history," otherwise there would be information on more women than Eleanor of Aquitaine or Isabella of France. However, women were there, in the thick of it, and all the same gender involved situations came up then as now. This book delves into a fuller picture of what was going on. It is a collection, so the writing talent varies, but it is informative.
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Gender is one of the primary ideas around which medieval society was both structured and imagined, along with other similarly man-made concepts such as status, religion and nationality. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crusade cycle, female crusaders, crusade army, crusade leaders, imperial women, first crusaders, crusader states, crusader period, returning crusader, des croisades, female captives, crusader army Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anna Comnena, Third Crusade, Holy Land, Middle Ages, William of Tyre, New York, Fulcher of Chartres, Latin East, Albert of Aachen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Guibert of Nogent, Gesta Francorum, Peter Tudebode, Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard von Bingen, Jonathan Riley-Smith, King Amalric, Queen Melisende, Robert the Monk, Bernard of Clairvaux, Helen Nicholson, Orderic Vitalis, Peter the Hermit, Raymond of Aguilers, Caroline Walker Bynum New!
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Gender is one of the primary ideas around which medieval society was both structured and imagined, along with other similarly man-made concepts such as status, religion and nationality. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crusade cycle, female crusaders, crusade army, crusade leaders, imperial women, first crusaders, crusader states, crusader period, returning crusader, des croisades, female captives, crusader army Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anna Comnena, Third Crusade, Holy Land, Middle Ages, William of Tyre, New York, Fulcher of Chartres, Latin East, Albert of Aachen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Guibert of Nogent, Gesta Francorum, Peter Tudebode, Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard von Bingen, Jonathan Riley-Smith, King Amalric, Queen Melisende, Robert the Monk, Bernard of Clairvaux, Helen Nicholson, Orderic Vitalis, Peter the Hermit, Raymond of Aguilers, Caroline Walker Bynum New!
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- Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary Life by Sabina Flanagan on 5 pages
- First Crusade by August C. Krey on 5 pages
- The First Crusade (New Appreciations in History) by Susan Edgington on 5 pages
- The Second Crusade and the Cistercians by Michael Gervers on 4 pages
- Albert of Aachen: Historia Ierosolimitana, History of the Journey to Jerusalem (Oxford Medieval Texts) by Susan B. Edgington on 4 pages
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- Medieval Warfare by Helen J. Nicholson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Barbarians, Marauders, And Infidels: The Ways Of Medieval Warfare by Antonio Santosuosso in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Crusades: A History by Jonathan Riley-Smith in Back Matter
- The Middle Ages At Work by Kellie Robertson on page 37
- Portraits of Medieval Women: Family, Marriage and Social Relationships in Thirteenth Century England by Linda E. Mitchell in Back Matter
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