The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration... This book surveys women's involvement

This volume presents 13 essays which examine womens roles in the Crusades and medieval reactions to them, including active participation, female involvement in

The untold story of a trailblazing dynasty of royal women who ruled the Middle East and how they persevered through instability and seize greater power. In 1187

This volume presents 13 essays which examine womens roles in the Crusades and medieval reactions to them, including active participation, female involvement in

This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female mo