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Record Number:
1808
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Caspi-Reisfeld , Keren.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Women Warriors during the Crusades, 1095-1254 [The author explores the range of roles for women including support (water carriers, ammunition suppliers, and pillagers), command (noble women who brought their own troops and some who led their forces in battle), and combat (women who wore arms and fought as archers or with spears on horseback). Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Gendering the Crusades. Edited by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert. University of Wales Press, 2001. Pages 94 - 107.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Crusades
Warfare and Warriors
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Eastern Mediterranean
Century:
12-13
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Pointing to the evidence for women's presence in the crusading army as individuals as well as travelling companions for male relations, Keren Caspi-Reisfeld stresses the moral and logistical support they provided to male soldiers by acquiring and preparin
Author's Affiliation:
Bar-Ilan University [graduate student]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2001.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0708317057