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.
| ISBN: | 9780230114135 |
| Publication date: | 26th July 2012 |
| Author: | Myra M Bom |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Gender studies, gender groups European history: medieval period, middle ages Military history History of science Judaism |