CHAPTER VI.

THE CRUSADES--French, German, and Genoese Amazons--Eleonora of Aquitaine--Matilda of Boulogne--Empress Maud--Aldrude, Countess of Bertinoro--Empress Constantia--Nichola de Camville (Barons' Wars)--Blanche of Castille, Queen-Regent of France--Women of Culm--Blanch de Rossi--Black Agnes, Countess of March--Countess de Montfort--Julia du Guesclin--Jane de Belleville, Lady of Clisson--Marzia--Margaret, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Semiramis of the North--Fair Maiden Lilliard (Chevy Chase)--Lady Pelham--Philippa, Queen of Denmark 102