Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the World of the Crusades (eBook)

Lists of figures

List of contributors

List of abbreviations

Introduction: Women and the World of the Crusades

Jessalynn L. Bird, Natasha R. Hodgson, Helen J. Nicholson

Part One: Influencers, Instigators, and Organisers

1 Alice of Montmorency

G. E. M. Lippiatt

2 Birgitta of Sweden

Christoph T. Maier

3 Philippa of Lancaster

Catherine Gower

4 Isabel of Castile and León and Malintzin (Doña Marina)

Amy Fuller

Part Two: Politics, Defense, and Diplomacy

5 Melisende, queen of Jerusalem

Danielle Park

6 Tamar of Georgia

Jonathan Phillips

7 Eleanor of Aquitaine

Michael Evans

8 Shajar al-Durr

Jonathan Phillips

9 ¿¿leni, queen of Ethiopia

Sophia Dege-Müller

Part Three: Co-rulers and Facilitators

10 Arwa al-¿ulayhi of Yemen

Kate Arnold

11 Terken Khatun

Nida Nalcaci

12 Marie of Champagne

James Doherty

13 Blanche of Castile

Lindy Grant

14 Töregene Khatun

Natasha Hodgson

Part Four: Shaping Campaigns, Legacies, and Memories

15 Rachel of Mainz

Sarah Ifft Decker

16 Margaret of Beverley

Natasha Hodgson

17 Marguerite of Provence

M. Cecilia Gaposchkin and Sean L. Field

18 Hersend

Susan B. Edgington

19 The Passengers of the Saint-Victor

Helen J. Nicholson

Part Five: Authors, Witnesses, and Commemorators

20 Anna Komnene

Leonora Neville

21 Gormonda de Monpeslier

Linda Paterson

22 Mahaut de Courtenay

Jessalynn Bird

23 Ela of Salisbury

Gordon Reynolds

24 Christine de Pizan on Joan of Arc

Earl Jeffrey Richards

Glossary

Index