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Record Number: 1806 Author(s)/Creator(s): Friedman , Yvonne. Contributor(s): Title: Captivity and Ransom: The Experience of Women [The author explores cases of Jewish and Muslim, as well as Christian, women in captivity. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Gendering the Crusades.  Edited by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert.  University of Wales Press, 2001.  Pages 121 - 139. Reprinted in Medieval Warfare 1000-1300. Edited by John France. Ashgate, 2006. Pages 613-631. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Captivity Crusades Jews Muslims Ransoms Rape Warfare and Warriors Award Note: Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean Century: 12-13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Other risks faced by female settlers and native women are highlighted by Friedman. Despite forming the majority of captives taken during raids and sieges of strongholds, as noncombatants, women's lower rank and correspondingly lower ransom lessened their Author's Affiliation: Bar-Ilan University Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2001. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0708317057

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