The Women of Antioch: Gender and Political Culture, 1095-1204

by Erin L. Jordan

The Women of Antioch is both a biography of four women--Constance, Alice, Constance II, and Maria, all connected through marriage or birth to the crusader principality of Antioch--and an analysis of the political cultures within which they maneuvered, including eleventh-century France, Norman Italy, Antioch and Byzantium.

The book's comparative perspective facilitates the discernment of differences and commonalities in these women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032266961
• ISBN13: 9781032266961
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages