Who benefited from the Crusades?

Who benefited from the Crusades?

Nobody.

Constantinople

Ottomans

This

Then why did they keep doing it?

Same reason you spend your evenings hunched over before a screen, browsing a polynesian spider breeding forum.

Monarchs and landlords.

Turks.

The crusaders received spiritual fulfillment we will never experience because they fought for God, King, Righteousness, and Glory.

We live in decadence wondering from one simple pleasure to the next like an animal.

Latins

Blacksmiths

Gravediggers

*tips fedora*

The Western world

I agree with this the most yo
>tfw no deus vult on your to-do list

Venice, those turbo-jews.
t. Angelos

good goy

>kill thousands of Christian for no other reason than them happening to live in the cities your besieging
>fighting for God, King, Righteousness, and Glory

The Muslim empires. They became united, and could expand, leading to the fall of Constantinople

The West, I guess. We brought back lots of treasure from Constantinople.

Merchants

>kill thousands of Christians
Collateral damage, God will recognise his own, desu.

Dank memes?

Venice

actually correct answers. Italian cities in general, in particular genoa and pisa first, venice later

The same people who benefit from every war: suppliers, contractors, merchants, etc. War is good for business.

Asolutamente no!

Dios

The Franks and the Turks. Crusading ideology and the Ghazi culture that developed around the same time helped both consolidate their grip on Christendom and Islamdom for centuries to come until the Eternal Anglo destroyed both.

Undertakers.