Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • 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
  • Primary Evidence:
  • Illustrations:
  • Table:
  • Abstract:
  • Related Resources: 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