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Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative

Women's role in crusades and crusading examined through a close investigation of the narratives in which they appear.

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  • ""This book compares perceptions of women from a wide range of historical narratives including those eyewitness accounts, lay histories, and monastic 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 foice in order to connect with their audience, impart moral advice, and justify the crusade ideal"--Jacket."
  • "Women's role in crusades and crusading examined through a close investigation of the narratives in which they appear."@en
  • "Women's role in crusades and crusading are examined through a close investigation of the narratives in which they appear."@en
  • "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 t."

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  • "History"@en
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  • "Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative"@en
  • "Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative"
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