An authoritative account of one of the most fascinating episodes in medieval history covering the struggle between Christians and Moslems for control of the Holy Land. It also examines many of the lesser-known campaigns of the Crusading period, such as the exploits of the Teutonic Knights in their struggle to impose Christianity on the pagan Prussians and the Albigensian Crusade in France, where Frenchman fought Frenchman in a battle over two conflicting interpretations of Christian teaching. The book is copiously illustrated and written from both the Christian and Moslem viewpoints