Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
In Our Time: History
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The Queen of Jerusalem
The main sources that tell us about her and what she's doing as the queen of jerusalem are the charters. Thet's got a few of them that exist from fulcon mellisons, rain and anything else in the sorces. We also have quite a few letters s, at least four letters that survive from abbot bernard of clevo an,. one of the foremost churchmen of his age. And he writes at least letters to her. Some of them are quite simple. Here are some pilgrims i would like you to take care of. But two others were written at quite crucial points within her reign. One just after the death of her husband, fulk of
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