Many people believe that the Crusades were aggressive excursions with only negative outcomes. Is this true?

All 4 of the Crusades, ( not countng the Children's Crusade ), were military operations. The first three played out in the Middle East ending when Salidin took back Jerusalem the in the 9th Century leading short periods of Christian and Templar occupatoin and in the end, yielding to centruies of Ottoman rule. For Europe, it brought about social upheaval - during the 13th c. When Jersulam was lost for the last time, it had a devestating impact on Jews all over Europe.





I am thinking of the Crusades as mostly being about loot.





The 4th Crusade in the 1240s took a wrong turn and became


the instrument of the destruction and looting of Constantinople - mostly at the hands of Venice and the Franks.





I honestly wonder what they achieved beyond a lasting exposure to Middle Eastern trade, culture and intellectual influences. One interesting side effect was the introduction of the Holy Bible written, and many other books in Greek - to lay intellectuals all accross Europe.Many people believe that the Crusades were aggressive excursions with only negative outcomes. Is this true?
Yes.Many people believe that the Crusades were aggressive excursions with only negative outcomes. Is this true?
I do.................


X true...............