Helen Nicholson surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading from the 11th century to the 16th, arguing that medieval women were deeply involved in the crusades, but that the roles that they could play and how their contemporaries recorded their deeds were dictated by social convention and cultural expectations.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author(s): Helen J. (Professor of Medieval History, Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University) Nicholson
Illustration(s): 3 black and white maps, 4 family trees; 3 black and white maps, 4 family trees