Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative
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Author_Natasha R. Hodgson
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Crusader States
Crusades
Crusading
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Family role
Feminsim
Gender
Historiography
Holy Land
Lay histories
Medieval gender
Medieval Women's history
Middle Ages
Middle East
Monastic chronicles
Social status
Women in Crusades
Women's history
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- ISBN 9781843833321
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2007
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Dr NATASHA R. HODGSON teaches at Nottingham Trent University.
