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The Frankish Woman in the East during The Crusades المرأة الإفرنجية في الشرق خلال الحروب الصليبية |
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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This study discuss the Europeans Woman in the East during the Crusades; for she was the first of crowd who was keen on coming to the east. She had a clear and prominent role that affect the Crusades. It seems that the nature of the European women and what they had got of the freedom contributed to create a certain sort of women who was characterized by strength and courage, and most of them of aspirant classes who were seeking for the wealth to raise their bitter economic status, therefore, the middle east was the promised paradise for them.
So it was very necessary to identify the status of European woman in the era of the Crusades, whether political, religious or social, so this study aims to shed light on the position of European women publicity crusade and for their participation in military campaigns to the Levant and what they were exposed to. And to indicate how noble women's access to the power the East as well as the circumstances in which they experienced and the difficulties they encountered. This study also shows the role and status of European women in the East society, in spite of the lack of the information available about that, however, the researcher tried her best to access to the facts and to analysis the little historical information contained in the references.
Also the references and historical texts have shown that women in the Middle Ages had participated in the Crusades, either through fighting or entertaining or by corresponding the most important Crusaders kings and princes, who have had a major role in maintaining the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
This study is characterized by presenting the most famous political marriages between the Crusaders in the East, Which were among the factors helping to settle European women's feet in Jerusalem and the rest of the Crusader emirates, such as being Queen and heir to the throne. In the year (1225 AD /518H.) "Hanna De Brine" marry his daughter "Isabella" to " Fredrik the second " The Germanic Emperor and King of Sicily , Turning the reins of power in the Kingdom of the Crusades in the Holy House to "Fredrick the second " The papacy supported this marriage hoping to perform a new crusade campaign.
In addition to that, this study explains a special image about the Crusades women and to which extent they affected by the life in the East through the Islamic customs and traditions, and the impact clearly appeared in several directions, such as; cleaning, food and drink, wedding, Party. The Crusaders used to wash their clothes in sea water, they knew nothing about soap before they come the Middle East. The high Classes people used to hire Eastern cooks fascinated by their way of cooking. They learned how to make pies and the other pastries. They came to know spices used by the Easterners in cooking. Some of them even stop eating Swine meat following Muslims. And concerning drinks , they made scented , the iced and the sweetened. And then the Study explains the impact of European woman on the Eastern woman, whether negative or positive. |
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dr.seham abd al azim |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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1432 AH
2011 AD |
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Monday, January 10, 2011 |
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Researchers
| غادة جمعان باطوق | Batoog, Gada Jaman | Researcher | Master | |
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