DK Children's Discovery Encyclopedia - The Crusades

"The Crusades - The Protracted Battle of the Holy Land" is part of the DK Children's Discovery Series. Jerusalem is a holy place for Christianity, Islam and Judaism. When rumors of the Seljuks banning pilgrims from visiting Jerusalem reached Europe, the Catholic Church decided to launch a crusade, a "holy war". How long did this holy war last? What impact did the holy war have on knights and ordinary pilgrims? What kind of fusion happened between European culture and oriental culture in this process? This book will take children to understand this famous war from an objective perspective.