Women in the Military Orders of the Crusades [electronic resource] /
Bom, M.author.
This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position to the position of women in other religious military orders. Introducing questions of gender into the history of the military orders.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Female monasticism -- Women in military orders -- The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem -- The lay sisters of Saint John of Jerusalem -- Hospitaller sisters in the twelfth century -- Hospitaller sisters in the thirteenth century -- The hospital and its female members.
This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position to the position of women in other religious military orders. Introducing questions of gender into the history of the military orders.
Knights of Malta.
Social history.
History.
Sociology.
Military history.
Judaism.
Social History.
History of Science.
Gender Studies.
History of Medieval Europe.
History of Military.
Judaism.