Born amid bloodshed and suffering, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was a battlefield for almost 200 years. At the same time, as this book illustrates, art, architecture and learning all benefited from new knowledge the Crusaders brought back from the East.



With breathtaking command of medieval Muslim sources as well as the vast literature on medieval European and Muslim culture, Carole Hillenbrand has produced a book that shows not only how the Crusades were perceived by the Muslims, but how the Crusades affected the Muslim world - militarily, culturally, and psychologically.