About the book: 2019 / Outstanding Israeli historian Joshua Prawer, on the pages of his book, recreates the life and way of medieval society in the Middle East during the era of the Crusades. Professor Praver describes the history of the creation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, examines its structure, system of government, political and social institutions brought by Europeans to the Holy Land, and also talks about the interpenetration of Eastern and Western cultures and the emergence of new forms in art.