Tag Archives: Women in Medieval Warfare

Sex and the Soldier in Lancastrian Normandy, 1415 – 1450

Sex and the Soldier in Lancastrian Normandy, 1415 – 1450 Anne Curry (University of Reading) Reading Medieval Studies: v.14 (1988) When the US House Committee on Military Affairs discussed in 1941 the formulation of an Act to prohibit prostitution within … Continue reading

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Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation

Espionage and Intelligence from the Wars of the Roses to the Reformation Ian Arthurson Nottingham Medieval Studies v.35 (1991) Abstract In the period between the Wars of the Roses and the Refonnation spies were used in foreign and military-affairs and … Continue reading

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Means, Motive, Opportunity: Medieval Women and the Recourse to Arms

Why did medieval women go to war? The usual explanation is that such actions take place in crisis situations when the absence of male authority creates a power vacuum and class temporarily trumps gender–the lady defending the castle while her husband is away on crusade motif. Continue reading

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