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Sto caricando le informazioni... Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Ruledi Katherine Pangonis
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. After the western soldiers of the First Crusade conquered Jerusalem in 1099, the city and surrounding territories were ruled by western European leaders for almost 100 years. Several of those leaders, unusually for the time, were women. The stories of these women are fascinating; they were powerful, strong willed women who at times managed to make their own marks in a very masculine society. The book is also interesting as a history of an exotic time and place which is rarely discussed in detail, with the focus on western Europen efforts to dominate. A good read. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio - including Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but, if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants. Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer. Yet for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. In reality, women ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects. Sibylla's grandmother Queen Melisende was the first queen to seize real political agency in Jerusalem and rule in her own right. She outmanoeuvred both her husband and son to seize real power in her kingdom, and was a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the medieval Middle East. The lives of her Armenian mother, her three sisters, and their daughters and granddaughters were no less intriguing. The lives of this trailblazing dynasty of royal women, and the crusading Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, are the focus of Katherine Pangonis's debut book. In Queens of Jerusalem she explores the role women played in the governing of the Middle East during periods of intense instability, and how they persevered to rule and seize greater power for themselves when the opportunity presented itself. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)956.9442History and Geography Asia Middle East The Levant Israel and Palestine Jerusalem District JerusalemClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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