ISBN10: 0231125984, ISBN13: 9780231125987, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover 0231125984
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2002]

ISBN10: 0231125984, ISBN13: 9780231125987, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover, xvi + 215 pages, NOT ex-library. No dust jacket. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show short creases to lower outer corners and spine ends. -- 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. -- Contents: Preface / James M. Powell; Crusading or Spinning / Sarah Lambert; Virile Latins, Effeminate Greeks and Strong Women: Gender Definitions on Crusade? / Matthew Bennett; Home Front and Battlefield: The Gendering of Papal Crusading Policy (1095-1221) / Constance M. Rousseau; 'Unfit to Bear Arms': The Gendering of Arms and Armour in Accounts of Women on Crusade / Michael R. Evans; Perception and Projection of ...
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