Margaret of Beverley
12th-century pilgrim and crusader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret of Beverley, sometimes called Margaret of Jerusalem,[1] was a Christian pilgrim and crusader[2][3] in the late 12th century in the Holy Land. Probably born in the middle 12th century, Margaret travelled to the Holy Land in the mid-1180s on a pilgrimage but was caught up in the events surrounding the Third Crusade. She partook in the Siege of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187, spent several months as an enslaved captive, and then took part in another battle near Antioch in 1188. Margaret left the Holy Land in 1191 and, after some time spent travelling Europe, eventually became a nun at the Cistercian monastery of Montreuil-sous-Laon in France.
An incomplete account of Margaret's life and travels survive in a book entitled Hodoeporicon et percale Margarite Iherosolimitane written by her younger brother Thomas of Froidmont.[4] Margaret's story is probably the most well-documented account of a woman's experience during a crusade.[2]