The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration... This book surveys women's involvement
This volume presents 13 essays which examine womens roles in the Crusades and medieval reactions to them, including active participation, female involvement in
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 ov
In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high
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