Who benefited from the Crusades?

Nobody.

Constantinople

Ottomans

>>2265439
This

>>2265439
Then why did they keep doing it?

>>2265470
Same reason you spend your evenings hunched over before a screen, browsing a polynesian spider breeding forum.

>>2265437
Monarchs and landlords.

Turks.

>>2265437
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.

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>>2265437
Latins

Blacksmiths

>>2265437

Gravediggers

*tips fedora*

>>2265437
The Western world

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>>2265675
I agree with this the most yo
>tfw no deus vult on your to-do list

Venice, those turbo-jews.
t. Angelos

>>2265675
good goy

>>2265675
>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

>>2265437
The West, I guess. We brought back lots of treasure from Constantinople.

>>2265437
Merchants

>>2266250
>kill thousands of Christians
Collateral damage, God will recognise his own, desu.

>>2265493
Dank memes?

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>>2265437
Venice

>>2266212
>>2266492
>>2266519
actually correct answers. Italian cities in general, in particular genoa and pisa first, venice later

>>2265437
The same people who benefit from every war: suppliers, contractors, merchants, etc. War is good for business.

>>2266519
Asolutamente no!

Dios

>>2265437
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.

>>2265437
Undertakers.