According to the excerpt, the most accurate interpretation is:
Kings used the crusades to grow rich.
This aligns with the idea that monarchs gained more power and resources while lords were away on crusades.
The Crusades resulted in more power for the monarchs who could do what they wanted while lords were off on crusades, including raising taxes to enrich themselves and getting land of peasants and lords who died during the Crusades and left no one to inherit.
According to the excerpt
(5 Points)
The pope took advantage of people’s religious devotion
Kings used the crusades to grow rich
The pope enlarged the Holy Roman Empire
The Crusades damaged relations between Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire.
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