Freedom - in eleventh-century France, it is a luxury enjoyed by only the king and nobility. For the serf, it is surely worth fighting for. But is it worth dying for? Arriving home disillusioned from the crusades, hugh de...Freedom - in eleventh-century France, it is a luxury enjoyed by only the king and nobility. For the serf, it is surely worth fighting for. But is it worth dying for? Arriving home disillusioned from the crusades, hugh deluc discovers that his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted.