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Record Number:
5091
Author(s):
Lourie, Elena.
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Title :
Black Women Warriors in the Muslim Army Besieging Valencia and the Cid's Victory: A Problem of Interpretation [the story relates how a group of female archers were attacked by El Cid's second-in-command and as a result stampeded the rest of the Muslim army and caused a rout;the author argues that the story origintated with Arabic writers as an excuse by Muslim males for military failure].
Source:
Traditio , 55., ( 2000): Pages 181 - 209.
Year of Publication:
2000.