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…showed last 75 words of 629 total…influenced military choices during war, even to the point of accompanying her husband to the Holy Land as he fought in the Crusades. Through the work sponsored by her court, she influenced the art and literature of Europe, which thus affected the social climate of the day. She served as an example of a strong leader to the men and especially the women of Europe, proving that a woman could be a capable, powerful ruler.