The Crusades are a religious wars, that began when the pope viewed anyone as enemies of the Christian faith. “Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.”There are eight in total major Crusade wars that took place, around the “holy land”. These wars broke out because the lack of care that land had been given by the Muslims. Therefor war began consequently, by the Byzantine empire who wanted to reconquer Jerusalem. Politically the Crusades helped to break down the power that the feudal aristocracy had, that eventually created the Renaissance. Furthermore this ability came from the barons and knights who had given all they
