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Crusades: Transformative Impact on Europe and Beyond
The Crusades had many effects and consequences besides the number of deaths and widespread destruction that the wars caused. The Crusades are cited as one of the causes for the end of the Byzantine Empire Popes became the de facto leaders of the Christian Church and the Balkans were Christianised just to name a few political and social effects.
Crusading later gave religious justification for the conquest of the New World of the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and people in general travelled a little more whereas before they tended to remain in their hometowns Pilgrimages were more popular and songs and stories about the Crusades opened up European people's worldview a bit more even if it was a prejudiced view for many.
#crusade #christian #pope #pilgramage #america #europe
Crusades: Transformative Impact on Europe and Beyond
The Crusades had many effects and consequences besides the number of deaths and widespread destruction that the wars caused. The Crusades are cited as one of the causes for the end of the Byzantine Empire Popes became the de facto leaders of the Christian Church and the Balkans were Christianised just to name a few political and social effects.
Crusading later gave religious justification for the conquest of the New World of the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and people in general travelled a little more whereas before they tended to remain in their hometowns Pilgrimages were more popular and songs and stories about the Crusades opened up European people's worldview a bit more even if it was a prejudiced view for many.
#crusade #christian #pope #pilgramage #america #europe
