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.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Susan B. Edgington
EAN: 9780708317051
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 240
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT: 220 mm
PUBLISHED BY: University of Wales Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-12-13
CITY:
GENRE: HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
WIDTH: 138 mm
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Book Themes:
CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Gender studies, gender groups, General and world history, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict
Dr Susan B. Edgington is Teaching and Research Fellow in the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London. The history of the crusades is her primary interest. Sarah Lambert is a lecturer at Goldsmiths College, London University. She has published articles on the queen s of Jerusalem, and on women in the crusade literature.
