Women of Antioch - Gender and Political Culture, 10951204

The Women of Antioch is both a biography of four women-Constance, Alice, Constance II, and Maria, all connected through marriage or birth to the crusader principality of Antioch-and an analysis of the political cultures within which they maneuvered, including eleventh-century France, Norman Italy, Antioch and Byzantium.

List of contents

Introduction: Setting the Stage 1. Constance of France 2. Alice of Jerusalem 3. Constance of Antioch 4. Maria of Antioch Epilogue

About the author

Erin L. Jordan is a member of the Department of History at Colorado State University, USA. She has published on the experience of secular and monastic women in thirteenth-century France. Her current research focuses on gender and political culture in the Mediterranean and the Latin East.

Summary

The Women of Antioch is both a biography of four women—Constance, Alice, Constance II, and Maria, all connected through marriage or birth to the crusader principality of Antioch—and an analysis of the political cultures within which they maneuvered, including eleventh-century France, Norman Italy, Antioch and Byzantium.

Product details

• Authors: Erin L. Jordan, Jordan Erin L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032266961
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226696-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Medieval History, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire, 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199