This Week in 1100 A.D.

Medieval romances tend to stick with the thirteenth century and the later medieval period, when knights glittered, ladies were pampered and chivalry was at its most developed and complicated.  Thanks to the third and fourth crusades, the battling Plantagenets (who had the coolest and most romantic family name on the planet, right there), a really sexy and ruthless French king, siege engines and some surprisingly advanced technology for the time and even more, it's hard to take your eyes off t...