The Crusades Decline

The Crusades were a series of religious conquests that the Pope influenced. The objective of these wars were to capture Jerusalem, the site of the Christian holy land. Overall though the Crusades were a waste of resources and the Christians only managed to capture Jerusalem for a short period of time. But the only thing they did build on was the effect it had on Europe after it ended. Even though the Crusades ultimately failed at taking over Jerusalem, they succeeded at bringing about socio economic, political, and religious change in late medieval Europe. When the call to the Crusades was first shouted out to the world, kings all over Europe saw this as their chance to regain power. They felt as if they led an army into battle it would bring them one step closer to monarchical power, but indeed it did because after the Crusades the governmental system of Feudalism collapsed. There are many reasons for the collapse of Feudalism but they all lead back to the Crusades. For example the serfs that …show more content…
This was very important, especially back then because Europe was lots of smaller castles and towns and when they became centralized they began creating new world powers every century. But this centralization wouldn't have happened it feudalism still existed because with that system people just stayed in their manors and didn't go and interact with other manors. Then after it's downfall a new type of living arose, instead of living in secluded castles, people decided to start living together in places called towns. These towns centralized the populations and became hubs for trade and entertainment. Living surrounded by trade influenced these towns to interact with other towns, these towns were made into communities and those communities into kingdoms. If it wasn't for the Crusades then feudalism wouldn't have fallen causing towns to be born and Europe to