In Battle and in Bed: Wanton Women and Women Warriors in Muslim and Christian Crusade Narratives.

  • Published In: Gender & History, 2023, v. 35, n. 1. P. 3 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Davis‐Secord, Sarah 3 of 3

Abstract

This article analyses the parallel representations of enemy warrior women as sexually profligate and inappropriately martial in selected Latin and Arabic texts from the period of the first three crusades (late eleventh to late twelfth centuries). Cross‐cultural comparison of depictions of fighting women demonstrates that both cultures portrayed the other side as dominated, and thus undermined, by women who were unnaturally assertive in both sexual and military affairs. Both Muslim and Christian authors sexualised and militarised the bodies of enemy women in order to define which men were the strongest, best and most deserving of battlefield victory in the holy wars of crusade and jihad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Gender & History. 2023/03, Vol. 35, Issue 1, p3
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0953-5233
  • DOI:10.1111/1468-0424.12573
  • Accession Number:161967978
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