The Middle Ages: the Serfs' Crusades

In 1187, the glory of the Crusader countries was gone. The news that Egypt's Sultan Saladin had recaptured the Holy City shocked the Western world. Even the Pope could not bear the blow and died with hatred. The following year, the most powerful monarch in Europe, Emperor Frederick, officially took up the cross at the call of the new pope. He will be fully prepared and confident of regaining lost ground in one fell swoop...