Which statement best analyzes the impact of the Crusades on the role of European monarchs?(1 point)

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Which statement best analyzes the impact of the Crusades on the role of European monarchs?(1 point)

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The Crusades allowed monarchs to wield their religious authority to motivate people to join military campaigns.
The Crusades allowed monarchs to wield their religious authority to motivate people to join military campaigns.

Monarchs were able to expand their influence as nobles fighting in the Crusades sold their lands, which allowed the monarchs to centralize their power.
Monarchs were able to expand their influence as nobles fighting in the Crusades sold their lands, which allowed the monarchs to centralize their power.

The freeing of serfs as a result of nobles selling off their lands to fight in the Crusades led to monarchs holding more decentralized power.
The freeing of serfs as a result of nobles selling off their lands to fight in the Crusades led to monarchs holding more decentralized power.

Monarchs successfully recaptured control of the Holy Land by using religious motivations to gather soldiers.

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The statement that best analyzes the impact of the Crusades on the role of European monarchs is:

Monarchs were able to expand their influence as nobles fighting in the Crusades sold their lands, which allowed the monarchs to centralize their power.

This statement accurately reflects the historical context in which many nobles left for the Crusades, often selling or mortgaging their lands, which resulted in a shift of power and land ownership toward the monarchs, thereby enabling them to consolidate and centralize their authority.