Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades
Description
This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position to the position of women in other religious military orders. Introducing questions of gender into the history of the military orders.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistoryScienceSocial ScienceGender StudiesEuropeMedievalMilitaryReligionJudaism
2012Book
Author(s)Myra M. Bom
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230114135
LanguageEnglish
