Queens of the Crusades Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors

Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors by Alison Weir is a sweeping narrative history of the powerful women who shaped the Crusades — the queens, regents, and noblewomen whose political agency, military decisions, and dynastic manoeuvres were as consequential as those of any king or general. Weir, Britain’s bestselling female historian, brings to this subject her characteristic combination of meticulous research and vivid storytelling, recovering women who have too often been written out of the conventional narrative of medieval history. From Eleanor of Aquitaine’s extraordinary life and influence to the queens who followed her into the Holy Land, the book offers a fundamentally different view of a period that has usually been told as exclusively male. Published by Vintage, this is essential for readers of medieval history and anyone interested in recovering women’s voices from the past.