Women's role in crusades and crusading examined through a close
investigation of the narratives in which they appear. Narratives of
crusading have often been overlooked as a source for the history of
women because of their focus on martial events, and perceptions
about women inhibiting the recruitment and progress of crusading
armies. Yet women consistently appeared in the histories of crusade
and settlement, performing a variety of roles. While some were
vilified as "useless mouths" or prostitutes, others undertook
menial tasks for the army, went on crusade with retinuesof their
own knights, and rose to political prominence in the Levant and and
the West. This book compares perceptions of women from a wide range
of historical narratives including those eyewitness accounts, lay
histories andmonastic chronicles that pertained to major crusade
expeditions and the settler society in the Holy Land. It addresses
how authors used events involving women and stereotypes based on
gender, family role, and social status in writing their histories:
how they blended historia and fabula, speculated on women's
motivations, and occasionally granted them a literary voice in
order to connect with their audience, impart moral advice, and
justify the crusade ideal. Dr NATASHA R. HODGSON teaches at
Nottingham Trent University.
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