Roads of the Middle Ages: Knights, Robbers, Nomads, Saints

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT EYDELMAN TAMARA NATANOVNA OR CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT EYDELMAN TAMARA NATANOVNAThis book contains stories about warriors - samurai, Vikings, crusaders and knights, as well as about cities, castles, monasteries that existed in the Middle Ages. What is hara-kiri? What was the principle of the Japanese army? How was the Viking drakkar constructed? What cities did the crusaders besiege and what did they achieve?Everything related to religion is no less important in the book. There is an abyss of difference between the warrior Joan of Arc, the ancient Russian princes Boris and Gleb, and the archpriest Avvakum. But they are all united by a fiery faith. What did Joan of Arc strive for? What made Princes Boris and Gleb famous? The Middle Ages were cruel and beautiful, bloody and religious, Christian and pagan... And at the same time, incredibly mysterious.