About the book: 2015 / The Crusades, a phenomenon of European expansion into the Middle East, decisively influenced medieval culture and worldview and played an important role in political, social and religious history of Europe. The period from the end of the 11th to the end of the 13th century was an era of rapid changes, a time of courageous people who went in thousands to the Holy Land to liberate the Holy Sepulcher from the hands of Muslims. Among them were kings and commoners, the highest feudal nobility and clergy, knights and servants... In the actions of those obsessed with the idea of ​​a “just war,” faith and recklessness, courage and greed, simplicity and cruelty were closely intertwined, and their hopes were eventually replaced by sobering disappointment. An exciting chapter of world history, full of heroism and tragedy, characterized by an amazing diversity of themes and aspects.