HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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An increase in the power of feudal lords.
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Improvement in the level of European technology.
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Greater contact between Europe and the Byzantine and Muslim civilizations.
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The growth of Mediterranean trading cities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The Crusades weakened the European nobility over time, which paved the way for powerful monarchs to centralize power around themselves and within their kingdoms. Under feudalism, power was very decentralized, with kings and queens divvying up their lands between their vassals.
Detailed explanation-2: -The movement helped both to militarize the medieval western Church and to sustain criticism of that militarization. It arguably helped solidify the pope’s control over the Church and made certain financial innovations central to Church operations. And it both reflected and influenced devotional trends.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Holy Land Crusades-which arose in response to the expansion of Muslim polities in the East-impelled Western Europe to break from feudalism and move toward the creation of increasingly impersonal and consolidated states.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the many effects of the Crusades was that the pope and the kings of Western Europe became more powerful. In addition, Europeans began to trade with the Middle East. Trade increased as Western Europeans began to buy products like sugar, lemons, and spices.