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

The Marriage of Heiresses

Wives and Widows: Rights of Property, Dower and Guardianship

Judicial Status Before the Courts

Hostages and Captives

Chapter 8 The Political Power of Women in the Crusader States

Direct Power: Feudal Lords

Queen Melisende

Queen Sibylla

Isabella d–Ibelin, Lady of Beirut

Delegated Power: Consorts and Regents

Alice of Antioch, Regent for Constance of Antioch

Beatrice of Edessa, Regent for Joscelyn III

Indirect Power: Dowagers

Agnes de Courtenay

Maria Comnena

Non-Feudal Forms of Power: Abbesses, Envoys and Spies

Abbesses

Envoys

Spies

Chapter 9 The Economic Position of Women in the Crusader States