Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5047
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  • Title: Virile Latins, Effeminate Greeks, and Strong Women: Gender Definitions on Crusade? [The author explores a variety of gender models in Crusades literature including Bohemond, Nicephorus Bryennius, Eleanor of Aquitane, Queen Melisende, and women warriors. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Gendering the Crusades.  Edited by Susan B. Edgington and Sarah Lambert.  University of Wales Press, 2001.  Pages 16 - 30.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Crusades in Literature Gender Masculinity Queens Warfare and Warriors
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
  • Century: 12
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  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0708317057