Women in Outremer ’ A Unique Status?
Chapter 2 The First Crusade and the Establishment of the Crusader States
Casus Belli: Jerusalem
A New Kind of War: The Combination of ‘Just War’ and Religious Pilgrimage
The People’s Crusade
The First Crusade
Chapter 3 The Crusader States, 1099–1190
Jerusalem Without A Queen
Godfrey de Bouillon, Protector of the Holy Sepulchre 1099–1100: The Bachelor
Baldwin I, 1100–1118: The Bigamist
Jerusalem’s First Queen: Morphia of Armenia
Jerusalem’s First Ruling Queen: Melisende
The Byzantine Brides
The Beautiful Queen Theodora
The Wise Queen Maria
The Queen Mother: Agnes de Courtenay
Jerusalem’s Most Disastrous Queen: Sibylla
Chapter 4 The Crusader States, 1190–1291
A Queen for All Seasons: Isabella I
The Bartered Brides
Maria de Montferrat
Isabella II (Yolande)
Jerusalem Again Without a Queen: The Absentee Kings
The Regent: Alice de Champagne in Cyprus and Jerusalem
Part II: Crusading Women
Chapter 5 Crusading Women
Policies and Attitudes
Supporting Roles
Participation
Part III: The Women of Outremer
Chapter 6 Mortar for a Multicultural Society
Putting Down Roots: Local Brides for Foreign Settlers
Eastern Brides for Frankish Lords
Western Consorts for Frankish Heiresses
Women at the Crossroads of History: Three Case Studies
Eschiva d’Ibelin: Founder of a Dynasty
Maria Comnena: The Key to Cyprus?
Marguerite d–Ibelin: Bridge Between Rebels
Chapter 7 The Legal Status of Women in the Crusader States
Feudal Lords
