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Women warlords : an illustrated military history of female warriors /

"Women Warlords is the first book to reveal the reality of female military leadership in ancient and medieval warfare."--Publisher description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newark, Timothy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Blandford, 1991.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
Women soldiers > History.
Women in combat > History.
Women and the military > History.
Women and war > History.
Amazons.
Military history, Ancient.
Military history, Medieval.
Femmes et guerre > Histoire.
Histoire militaire.
Military history.
Women and war.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The true amazons: Amazons of the ancient world
  • Amazons of the jungle: Brazil and Dahomey
  • 'Braver than her husband': Artemisia and Zenobia
  • Celtic queens: Medb, Cartimandua, and Boudica
  • Women of Christ: Aethelflaed, Matilda of Tuscany, Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Hundred Years War women: Jeanne of Montfort, Christine de Pisan, Joan of Arc.