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Women In The First Crusade And The Kingdom Of Jerusalem, Maria Carriere
Women In The First Crusade And The Kingdom Of Jerusalem, Maria Carriere
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
An overview of the actions of women in the first crusade.
A Political History Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem 1099 To 1187 C.E., Tobias Osterhaug
A Political History Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem 1099 To 1187 C.E., Tobias Osterhaug
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
The first Crusade, a massive and unprecedented undertaking in the western world, differed from the majority of subsequent crusades into the Holy Land in an important way: it contained no royalty and was undertaken with very little direct support from the ruling families of Western Europe. This aspect of the crusade led to the development of sophisticated hierarchies and vassalages among the knights who led the crusade. These relationships culminated in the formation of the Crusader States, Latin outposts in the Levant surrounded by Muslim states, and populated primarily by non-Catholic or non-Christian peoples. Despite the difficulties engendered by this …