but in the Middle Ages, it was far worse—no anesthesia, no advanced tools, and often a visit to the local barber-surgeon or even a blacksmith. While medieval conditions were generally unsanitary ...

It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages -- the world-shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith.

In the Middle Ages, the monkish chronicles and the legends ... He was constantly visitting the saint's blacksmith shop to make sinful suggestions and disturb the holy man's pious meditations.

It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages -- the world-shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith.