The Women of Antioch
Gender and Political Culture, 1095–1204
Seiten
2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-26696-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-26696-1 (ISBN)
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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.
The book’s comparative perspective facilitates the discernment of differences and commonalities in these women’s experiences, identifying elements conducive to their exercise of authority as well as limitations they encountered. Its insight into the intersection of gender and political culture demonstrates how, at certain times and places, female rule was so frequent and widely accepted that it was not viewed as an aberration in the system of governance, but rather as a safeguard ensuring its ability to function. This is especially evident in the volatile regions of Norman Italy and the Latin East, which witnessed unusually high rates of male mortality and extended captivities. While their motives differed, all four women were prepared to fight for what they perceived to be their right to power.
This study will appeal to scholars interested in women, gender and political culture as well as the history and politics of the Latin East.
The book’s comparative perspective facilitates the discernment of differences and commonalities in these women’s experiences, identifying elements conducive to their exercise of authority as well as limitations they encountered. Its insight into the intersection of gender and political culture demonstrates how, at certain times and places, female rule was so frequent and widely accepted that it was not viewed as an aberration in the system of governance, but rather as a safeguard ensuring its ability to function. This is especially evident in the volatile regions of Norman Italy and the Latin East, which witnessed unusually high rates of male mortality and extended captivities. While their motives differed, all four women were prepared to fight for what they perceived to be their right to power.
This study will appeal to scholars interested in women, gender and political culture as well as the history and politics of the Latin East.
Erin L. Jordan is a member of the History department 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.
Introduction: Setting the Stage 1. Constance of France 2. Alice of Jerusalem 3. Constance of Antioch 4. Maria of Antioch Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.3.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-26696-1 / 1032266961 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-26696-1 / 9781032266961 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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