Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349295722)

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.

Author: M. Bom
ISBN-10: 1349295728
ISBN-13: 9781349295722
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2012
Pages: 251
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d