The Forgotten Women Who Ruled the Medieval Middle East
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Crusader queens: the formidable female rulers of Jerusalem
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Crusader queens: the formidable female rulers of Jerusalem For centuries, accounts of the crusades have left out one key element: the actions of women. Katherine Pangonis chronicles the lives of the formidable queens who ruled and fought in Jerusalem Published:
March 9, 2021 at 6:46 am
On 2 October 1187, Jerusalem – the holy city held by Christians for four generations, and the prize of the First Crusade – fell to the Sultan Saladin after a short siege. The Christians were outnumbered ten to one, but the city held out long enough for favourable terms to be negotiated. Jerusalem was defended by an unlikely trio: Patriarch Heraclius, a high-ranking religious official; a knight named