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Heroines of the Crusades - Outstanding Women During the Eight Crusades (Paperback)
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Heroines of the Crusades - Outstanding Women During the Eight Crusades (Paperback)
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Six remarkable women of the Crusades
The history of the Crusades, Christianity's 'holy wars' to recover
the city of Jerusalem, have become a notable area of fascination
for students of history. Images of the Knights Templar and
Hospitaller in their cross emblazoned surcoats are especially
evocative. Of course, the men (noble or otherwise) did not go to
the wars alone, and this highly regarded book provides biographies
of some of the notable women who 'followed the cross' to the Holy
Land to attempt to wrench control of the spiritual heartland of
Christianity from the the followers of Islam. All eight Crusades
are considered from the First Crusade of 1090 to the final and
Eighth Crusade of 1272. The individual biographies of the women,
Adela of Blois, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria of Navarre,
Isabella of Angouleme, Violante of Jerusalem and Eleanora of
Castille, are organised into concise chapters offering historical
insight into the background and fortunes of each crusade. This text
provides a fascinating insight into the role of significant women
engaged in the 'great quest' and is essential for all those
interested in women of the medieval period or the Crusades.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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