Thematic aspects: Crusades, religions, tolerance, and reason. Literary aspects: narrative perspective, character constellation, adaptation of a classical theme. "Reading - Understanding - Learning" offers teaching materials for action- and production-oriented literature instruction in primary and secondary education. Each edition is developed by experienced teachers and includes detailed text analyses, a "toolbox" with a variety of ideas for the classroom, ready-to-use handouts, the integration of reading promotion and literary learning, as well as methodological connections to educational standards. For a literature instruction that enhances reading motivation, broadens world knowledge, and supports students' identity development.