An unparalleled visual account of the world of the crusades and their impact on history.

Written by a team of leading scholars, this richly illustrated book, with over 200 colour and black and white pictures, presents an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Crusades from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of crusading ideas and imagery today.

An unparalleled visual account of the world of the cradles, a movement that re-established trade between the East and the West, had a lasting impact on the social structure of medieval Europe, and bought Arabic learning to the wider world.

A vivid account of the life and times of the medieval knight, an examination of the code of chivalry , and a detailed history of the crusades.

"First published in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2004 by Duncan Baird Publishers Ltd."--T.p. verso.