E. Laviss and A.N. Rambaud are outstanding French historians and public figures of the 19th - first quarter of the 20th centuries. Their book is unique in the sense that it is interesting to everyone - both professionals and amateurs of the history of the Middle Ages. It has been reprinted several times and, despite the fact that the sciences of the past have gone far ahead over the century, it creates a fairly complete, vivid and visual image of medieval Europe, and therefore will undoubtedly attract the attention of readers.