[quote=Agrippa]Where do you have the "angel story" from?[quote]
Actually I got it from my father many, many years ago.
Upon your request I found this
http://www.talkaboutreligion.com/gro...ges/59177.html
http://www.paris.iufm.fr/article.php3?id_article=674
Nevertheless, if you are interested in the subject and wish some light but fairly reliable reading, I can recommend Finnish author Mika Waltari,
The Dark Angel.
There's also the voluminous
History of the Crusades, Steven Runciman, that I would vividly suggest. He is a specialist in Byzantine History, so I think our Macedonian friends could profit quite much from his other writings.