Katherine Pangonis
Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule
Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule
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Saladin's armies besieged Jerusalem in 1187, led by an unlikely trio including Queen Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. Despite their inability to resist Saladin, they could negotiate terms to save the city's inhabitants. Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer, who ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects. Katherine Pangonis' debut book explores the role women played in the governing of the Middle East during periods of instability and how they persevered to rule and seize greater power for themselves.
Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 18 February 2021
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Saladin's armies laid siege to the sacred city of Jerusalem in 1187. He had previously decimated Jerusalem's army at the Battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls, an unlikely trio led a last-ditch defense: Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants.
Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer. Yet, for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. In reality, women ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects.
Sibylla's grandmother, Queen Melisende, was the first queen to seize real political agency in Jerusalem and rule in her own right. She outmaneuvered both her husband and son to seize real power in her kingdom, and she was a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the medieval Middle East. The lives of her Armenian mother, her three sisters, and their daughters and granddaughters were no less intriguing.
The lives of this trailblazing dynasty of royal women, and the crusading Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, are the focus of Katherine Pangonis's debut book. In QUEENS OF JERUSALEM, she explores the role women played in the governing of the Middle East during periods of intense instability, and how they persevered to rule and seize greater power for themselves when the opportunity presented itself.
Weight: 494g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474614078
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