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 ov

Long one of the foremost proponents of a maximalist view of crusading, Norman Housley here turns his attention to the more traditionally studied crusades to the

This volume presents 13 essays which examine womens roles in the Crusades and medieval reactions to them, including active participation, female involvement in

This volume brings together revised and up-dated versions of Giles Constable's classic essays on crusading in the 12th century, along with two major new studies

This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.