Gendering the Crusades

Zusammenfassung Explores the role of women in the action and culture of the Crusades - an area traditionally viewed as a male domain. It explores how society structured and imagined itself, from the Knights Templars' devotion to female saints to Anna Comnena's account of the first Crusade.

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
Preface 1.Crusading or Spinning 2.Virile Latins, Effeminate Greeks and Stong Women: Gender Definitions on Crusade? 3.Home Front and Battlefield: The Gendering of Papal Crusading Policy(1095-1221) 4."Unfit to Bear Arms": The Gendering of Arms and Armour in Accounts of Women on Crusade 5. Perception and Projection of Prejudice: Anna Comnena, the Alexiad and the First Crusade 6. Philip Count of Flanders and Hildegard of Bingen:Crusading against the Saracens or Crusading against Deadly Sin? 7. Women Warriors during the Crusades, 1095-1254 8. The Head of St. Euphemia: Templar Devotion to Female Saints 9. Captivity and Ransom: The Experience of Women 10. Women in Medieval Colonial Society: The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century 11. "Sont cou ore les fems que jo voi la venir? Women in the Chansom d' Antioche. 12. The Role of Kerbogha's Mother in the Gesta Francorum and Selected Chronicles of the First Crusade 13. The Crusader's Departure and Return: A Much Later Perspective

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