Question

Write about the Crusades and its impacts?

Answer 1

Instructions :

1. It should have 7-9 points.
2. List out the various outcomes.
3. Explain the outcomes one by one.
4. Explain the motive of the Crusades and how it started..

Solution :
The activities of the Seljuq Turks made the pilgrimage of Christians to Jerusalem difficult. This was seen as a challenge by the European states.

The activities of the Turks gave way to constant conflict and finally the retaliation by the European states which was known as the Crusades.

The Crusade was started by the Pope to counter the activities of the Seljuq Turks. The pope started gathering support from the Christians in Europe for a movement to save Jerusalem.

And so the struggle between the two great religions of the Middle Ages began in 1095 and lasted for two whole centuries.

Outcomes of the Crusades:

• The Crusades did not succeed in saving Jerusalem from the Muslim rulers and it remained under the Ottoman Empire for the next 700 years.
• The constant struggle with the Crusaders made the Seljuq Turks weak.
• The Crusades brought an end to Feudalism as a lot of nobles who advanced to the East to participate in the Crusades never returned.
• The feudal labourers saw this as an opportunity and broke their ties to the land.
• The trade in the East grew and the regions of Venice, Genoa, and Pisa became prominent commercial hubs in the Mediterranean.
• The city of Constantinople was no longer an important trade centre connecting the East and the West.
• The absence of nobles in the system strengthened the French and the English monarchy.
• The Pope’s reputation was damaged.