The work is devoted to the era of the Crusades from the end of the XI century. to the end of the XV century. It examines the reasons for the appearance of such phenomena in the history of Western Europe, like the Crusades and the Crusader movement, the differences between the Crusades of 1096-1291. and the Crusades of the XIV-XV centuries. The main attention is paid to the fate of the Lusignan family, whose representative Guy de Lusignan founded in 1192 a new state and a new royal dynasty in Cyprus. The kings of Cyprus, who ruled the island from 1192 to 1489, were active participants in the crusader movement in the Middle Ages.