Women in the Crusades more male-dominated. However, mentions of female crusaders are more commonly found in Muslim accounts of the Crusades, but the truth of these stories are hard to prove as fact as the aggressiveness or unnaturalness of Christian women was often seen as a way for Muslims to demonstrate how ruthless and depraved their foes could be. During the later crusades, many women whose stories remain were from the Middle East region, including one of a Muslim woman who fought the crusaders. The story of women in the Crusades begins with Anna Comnena, the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She
A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard absent. It is an excellent work. Canvas, 30 1/2 inches by 25 1/2 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Supplement, p. 131). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871 and 1888, No. 35 ; at the London Guildhall, 1892 ; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900. Now [in 1908] in the collection of Lady Wantage, London, No. 108 in the 1902 catalogue. A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is