The initial success of the Crusade established the first four Crusader states in the Eastern Mediterranean: the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the County of Tripoli, but the success for the Europeans did not last. The two-century attempt to recover the Holy Land ended in failure. Following the First Crusade there were six major Crusades and numerous less significant ones. After the last Catholic outposts fell in 1291 there were no more Crusades but the gains were longer lasting in Northern and Western Europe. The power and influence of the Catholic Church grew stronger and into areas of Europe that it had not previously controlled as a result of the Crusades because of the church’s ability to unite people through religion.
Were the Crusades successful in their mission to liberate the Holy Land from the Turks (Muslims)?
When did the Crusades finally end?
What impact did the Crusades have on Northern and Western Europe?
1 answer