Black Women Warriors in the Muslim Army Besieging Valencia and the Cid's Victory: A Problem of Interpretation

Although recent studies have shown that women played a larger part in European and American armies in early modern times than standard military histories have been prepared to acknowledge, it has never been suggested that they were regarded as combatants. Individual women who wanted to fight in the...

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Main Author: Lourie, Elena (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2000
In: Traditio
Year: 2000, Volume: 55, Pages: 181-209
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