La richesse de cet ensemble d’études réside dans les perspectives nouvelles apportées à la discipline de l’histoire du livre.

"A transformative new work of scholarship: beautifully written and intellectually challenging, this book has made me think again about pictures I thought I knew well." (Caroline Campbell, Director of Collections and Research, the National Gallery, London)

A volume of essays exploring the European motivations, practicalities, and legacies of the crusades with essays by leading medieval historians evaluating and extending the life-long work of Christopher Tyerman, who has emphasized the study of the influence of crusading on all aspects of life in medieval and early modern Europe.