The Crusades Did Not Follow The Church

The Crusades were said to be a religious motivation directed against all religions that did not follow the church. The goals were to reclaim Jerusalem, as well as several other Holy sites for their own. While also stopping the expansion of the Muslim religion. As well as expanding their influence across Europe. The Crusades were not only religiously motivated but rather emerged from economic desire, political advancement, and cultural influences which reshaped Europe completely. Access to trade routes became a motivation to continue sustaining the crusades throughout Europe and neighboring regions. The routes were a vital aspect for transporting thousands of goods, promised wealth, and having control over these areas would bring significant

Some harbored dynastic aspirations, aiming to solidify or establish their family's standing in the aristocracy or monarchy. They might get the wealth and prestige they need from conquests in the Holy Land to support their dynastic claims and guarantee the succession of their children. As well as building the potential of a steady alliance. In the Expert from Anna Comnena, the acts of the crusaders invading and vividly portrays the army’s terrible acts against opposing viewers. It was quoted that “For they dismembered some of the children and fixed others on wooden spirts and roasted them at the fire, and if persons advanced in age, they inflicted every kind of torture” (Dawes 3). This type of violence demonstrates how these acts could not possibly have been solely religious based, because of the absurd amount of violence. The results of these acts cause a gain over various groups as well as access to the land and territories these communities owned. All these factors lead to political gains in the Crusades. A fundamental cultural driver behind the Crusades was the desire to fulfill religious commitments and recover the Holy Land from Muslim