Gendering the Crusades
Editor(s) Susan B. Edgington,Sarah Lambert
Language: English
Genre(s): History, Gender Studies
- December 2001 · 240 pages ·216x138mm
- · Paperback - 9780708316986
- · Hardback - 9780708317051
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.
Author(s): Susan B. Edgington
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.Author(s): Sarah Lambert
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.