The Crusaders

Norman Housley answers questions through the writings of the Crusaders themselves. They were men and women from virtually every country in medieval Europe fired by the conviction that by taking the Cross to liberate the Holy Land they were carrying out God's command. Housley focuses on the central conundrum of the crusading experience: wars which were waged with exceptional persistence and ferocity in the name of the Prince of Peace by individuals who wore the most poignant symbol of Christ's self-sacrifice--the Cross. --Adapted from back cover.