Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule
Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule The untold story of a trailblazing dynasty of royal women who ruled the Middle East and how they persevered through instability and seize greater…
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Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule
The untold story of a trailblazing dynasty of royal women who ruled the Middle East and how they persevered through instability and seize greater power.In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city 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. 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.
Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. Yet for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. In reality, women ruled,
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