Effects Of The Crusades On Western Civilizations

The crusades had a negative impact. The crusades was a series of religious wars between the christians and muslims. It started in 1096- 1099 and was caused from muslims because the muslims wanted to take control of jerusalem or they wanted jerusalem back.This caused many buildings to be destroyed and many of people's lives.

The Crusades of the High Middle Ages (a.d. 1050-1300) was a period of conquest or rather, reconquest, of Christian lands taken from Muslims in the early Middle Ages. It is an era romanticized by fervent Christians as the time when Christianity secured its honorable status as the true religion of the world. The affect of the Crusades is still with us today. It sailed from Spain and Portugal to the Americas in the fifthteenth century aboard sailing ships carrying conquistadors who sought new territory and rich resources. They used the shield and sword of Christianity to justify a swift conquest of mass territory and the subjugation of the indigenous peoples; a mentality learned, indeed,

The impact of the crusades were more negative because they had bad reasons and because they fought nine times in the 13 centuries and many Christians were fighting against Jews. After the Christians and Jews fought the crusades still attacked each other.It also made lasting war between two religions.

The Crusades was a horrific time. Many people had lost their lives, friends, even family. The Crusades were a battle over the holy land, Jerusalem. The Crusaders, people who had fought in the Crusades, were Christians. They wanted the holy land because they believe that’s where Jesus had died and rose. They had fought against the Muslims who were defending themselves against the Crusaders. The Crusades had its positive outcomes as well as its negative results. Some may wonder, were the results of the Crusades more Positive or Negative? I strongly believe the outcome was mostly negative mainly because the Crusaders didn’t win the holy land, lots of lands were destroyed, and so many people lost their lives in the battle of the Crusades.

There were both positive and negative effects of The Crusades, although the positives did outweigh the negatives. The two major negative effects were anti-Semitism and the orchestrated attacks by Venice. Many Crusaders in Europe were so religiously fuming, that they turned their anger towards the Jews. They would at times massacre a whole community as a result of their religious rage. During the fourth crusade, crusaders began fighting Christians instead of Muslims. After helping Venetian merchants defeat their Byzantine trade rivals in 1204, the crusaders captured and looted Constantinople. They actually ransacked the capital of the Byzantine Empire, the empire in which they began to fight for, not against. There also were many positive effects of The Crusades, one being the increase of trade. Even before the Crusades, merchants began to enjoy some of the luxury goods that were brought from the Byzantine Empire. The crusaders that

Though there were a lot of effects which resulted out of crusades, there were numerous impacts too:

The Crusades had a huge impact on future relationships between Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Document 1 states that “[The Crusades] also left a bitter legacy of religious hatred behind them. In the Middle East, both Christians and Muslims committed appalling atrocities in the

The Crusades were more negative rather beneficial because of the religious hatred that they left behind and that they turned onto jews. Document one states,”...massacring entire communities,” meaning many people died because of the bitter legacy of the hatred of the religious.This is important because religious hatred is a legacy that was left by the crusades when they also failed in their chief

Last but not least, the crusades led to the decline of the Byzantine Empire by demolishing their economy. The Annales Herbipolenses demonstrates the Christians were so desperate for help, they took any and every person to fight, they did not require any person to be skilled. The crusades weakened the economy making people want to fight due to how poor they lived their lives especially those who held low social status such as serfs or peasants. The need for monetary support in the West left them vulnerable and ultimately led to the sacking of Constantinople (Doc 3.) This writer is anonymous but by the location of the writer, the writer must have had a Germanic nature, therefore the information must be valid because Germany was a Catholic nation,

One negative result of the Crusades was the bitter relationship between the Christians and the Muslims. Document 5 states that “...the example of persecution set by Christian kings and prelates (bishops) left an inheritance of deep bitterness” (unknown source Document 5). This is important because the religious persecution between

Although the Crusades resulted in defeat for Europeans, many believe that they successfully extended the spread the Christianity and Western Civilization. The Roman Catholic Church experienced an increase in wealth and the power of the Pope rose after the Crusades ended. Trade and transportation also improved throughout Europe due to the Crusades. The wars created a constant demand for supplies and transportation which created ship-building and the manufacturing of many supplies. Most importantly was the impact on commerce. They created a constant demand for the transportation of men and supplies, encourage ship building, and extended market in Europe. The expansion of agricultural production made growth of towns, an increase in trade and a

The Eastern world was greatly impacted by the Crusades. One way they were impacted is having created more trade, they were better economically. Document E says, “Commerce with the West benefitted both Muslims and Europeans, and it continued to flourish.” The evidence shows how trade positively impacted not only the Eastern world, but the Western world as well. A second way the Muslims were affected by the crusades was that a hatred was created between the Eastern and Western world. Document A states, “They also left a bitter legacy of religious hatred behind them.” This tells us that the Crusades created hatred between many religions. Overall the Eastern world was exceedingly affected by the Crusades, but not as much as the Western world.

Many people consider the Crusades as wars of bloodlust, greed, and power. War can be described as an escalated conflict, most commonly over money or other resources. The outcome of war is usually the advancement of one society due to its newly acquired resources or knowledge. If one were to look at the Crusades, and their original purpose, which was to assist Constantinople and free the Holy Land from Muslim control, then one may make the conclusion that the Crusades failed. Although the Christians did not win over the Holy Land, Europe as a whole benefited greatly from the revival of East to West trade, and new inventions and innovations that arose during the time of the Crusades.

While it is clear how the Crusades could have been beneficial to the papacy, what is often overlooked is the impact it had in other places. The crusaders needed supplies and weapons, and someone had to supply them. The economy in Italian trade cities was boosted very much by the crusades (Brian Levack, The West, p. 264). I thought that was interesting because I hadn’t seen mention of anyone’s experience with the crusades other than that of the christian

There is a moment in the Later Middle Ages that to this day is involves an great examination of its origins and the events leading up to the cause of a massive phenomenon, that changed the course of history. The Crusades, is one of the most misunderstood events of its time, because what proceeded after the Frist Crusades. The Crusades were a vicious and merciless time in the Later Middle Ages, and the leaders of the crusades understood that and used the spirit of the Crusades to achieve their own goals both political and religious. The impact of the Crusades marks the beginning of a new era in western world. In the Later Middle Ages lies a dark period in which most of the western cultural had been extremely violent, especially the