Natasha R Hodgson

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Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical NarrativePaperback, 15 September 2017

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Part of Series
Warfare in History
Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Boydell Press
Date Published
15 Sep 2017
ISBN-10
1783272708
ISBN-13
9781783272709

Description

Women'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.
This book compares perceptions of women from a wide range of historical narratives including those eyewitness accounts, lay histories andmonastic chronicles that pertained to major crusade expeditions and the settler society in the Holy Land. It addresses how authors used events involving women and stereotypes based on gender, family role, and social status in writing their histories: how they blended historia and fabula, speculated on women's motivations, and occasionally granted them a literary voice in order to connect with their audience, impart moral advice, and justify the crusade ideal.

NATASHA HODGSON is Lecturer in Medieval History at Nottingham Trent University..

Product Details

Author:
Natasha R Hodgson
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
15 September 2017
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.63 cm
Genre:
Medieval (500-1453) Studies
ISBN-10:
1783272708
ISBN-13:
9781783272709
Language:
English
Location:
Woodbridge
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Weight:
430.91 gm

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