The motivations behind those who went on the Third Crusade examined through close investigation of their social networks.

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

Considers how elite women could participate in Crusade, their means and motivations. The popular perception of the medieval Crusades is of conflicts spanning fr

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam, cour

Queen Sybil of Jerusalem, queen in her own right, was ruler of the kingdom of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. Her reign saw the loss of the city of Jerusalem to Sa