CRUSADERS EDITION 2025

Enter the world of medieval penitential wars, where everyone carries their truth on the edge of a sword. Crucesignati, marked with the cross, set off to the Holy Land to fight the enemies of Christ and the Roman Church, ensuring their spiritual salvation. Dan Jones gives voice to all parties to the conflict, breaking with the Eurocentric narrative and showing the crusades as a series of wars fought on various fronts – from Spain and North Africa to the Baltic and the Balkans.

• Listen to the clamor of those battles and learn the perspectives of all parties to the conflict.
• Discover the crusades not only as a clash between Christians and Muslims, but also as a mechanism of expansion.
• Learn the fates of monks, mercenaries, queens, caliphs, merchants, prophets and pilgrims.
• Immerse yourself in a world where faith and ambition, greed and hope, brutality and transcendence are constantly intertwined.
• Transport yourself to a time when everyone carried their truth on the edge of a sword.

In his book "Crusaders", Dan Jones presents a story about war, but above all about who remembers it and how. The author breaks with the Eurocentric narrative, broadening the field of vision and showing the crusades not only as a clash between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East, but also as a series of wars that took place in Spain and North Africa, in the Baltic and in the Balkans. In his view, this is also a mechanism of expansion, used by power and ideology.

The book tells about monks and mercenaries, queens and caliphs, merchants, prophets and pilgrims. Their world is not black and white – faith and ambition, greed and hope, brutality and transcendence are constantly intertwined. It is a story about people who believed in their ideals and were ready to die for them. It is also a story about power that used faith for its own purposes.

"Crusaders" is a fascinating journey through time that allows you to understand the motivations and dilemmas of people living in the Middle Ages. It is a must-read for all history lovers who want to know the truth about the crusades from different perspectives. This book helps to understand how complex and multidimensional the crusades were and how many different factors influenced their course and effects. It is a story about people who believed in their ideals and were ready to die for them, but also about those who used faith for their own purposes.

Technical data: Pages: 576, Format: 243x165 mm, Year of publication: 2025, Binding: hardcover with dust jacket, Publisher: Horyzont.