In the service of the Just War: Matilda of Tuscany (eleventh-twelfth centuries)
Sophie Cassagnes‐Brouquet
In medieval Europe, the art of war was considered to be specifically male. Nevertheless, in some chronicles or archive documents, one can find female warriors who fought defend their fiefdoms enrolled ranks crusaders. Did civil and religious law allow this practice it totally prohibited? While laws clearly prohibited it, Church’s response often appears more ambiguous. This case during eleventh twelfth centuries when, within framework Investiture Controversy, warlike activity countess Matilda Tuscany gave rise a debate pitting supporters Papacy Gregorian reform against those Emperor Henry iv. The focused precisely on question: do women have right wage war?
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