Was the crusading movement a success or failure and why?

Question

let me know some reasons either way

Answer 1

At best, they were both. They failed of the original objective to rescue the "Holy Land", they were political and military failures. However, they did buy Europe time in which to arm and unite, halting the attacks of Muslims into Christian territory. It did this by putting them on the defensive. It also sparked a spiritual revival and a biblical reformation.

Take either argument, both are valid.

Answer 2

The crusades were failure for the Crusaders in the end.

It all comes to the goals the war was fought for. For that matter the 1st crusade was the only real successful one for the crusaders. It’s the only one were the Crusaders succeeded in taking over lands from the Muslims, especially the holly city of Jerusalem. In the 3rd crusade King Richard of England took a small piece of land on the cost, but failed to take Jerusalem. The 4th crusade was launched against the Christian Byzantine empire. The following crusades in the 1200s failed, & by the end of the century, the Crusaders lost all the lands they once had in the Middle East to the Muslims. So, the crusaders lost & the Muslims won.

Answer 3

they took over Jerusalem and many Holy Cities, it was a success for awhile until they were driven out

It was just too expensive to hold onto, Warfare is expensive

Answer 4

If you mean the Crusades of Christian versus Muslim, it was a failure for the Christians and a success for the Muslims. sure the Christians won the first few crusades, but they kept on losing and they even used children under 18 to fight for the Christians (rather Catholic would be more proper). Still even if the Muslims won the crusades, it was because they accomplished invading the Holy city or, Jerusalem. The war proves that the catholics couldn't protect the Holy city from Islam, that's all I guess.

Answer 5

Both. It was a failure for the Catholic Church in that they were only able to wrest Jerusalem away from the Muslims for a short while. It was a success in that it opened up Western Europe to trading with the East once again. The Crusaders returned home with spices, silk, etc. for which Western Europeans would develop a strong desire. This would lead to the Age of Exploration.

Answer 6

For whom?

For Europeans in the strictist (military) sense, it began with success as they took the Holy Land, and ended in failure as it was retaken by the Muslims.

For the Muslims, in the same sense, it was a defeat that, after a hundred years, was eventually replaced by a series of successes under Saladin.

However, if we ignore our boundaries and think of Humanity as the only ethnicity that matters, it was a short-term defeat, as thousands of Jews and Muslims were massacred by ignorant hordes of Christian extremists. However, the Christians eventually began to pick up some elements of the language and culture that surrounded them, learning to respect the culture of the land that they now governed. This made it a success for humanity in general in the long term, as it fought against xenophobia and led towards globalization and cultural understanding.

The Crusading Movement itself is a fundamentally racist concept. It says that god wants us to spread His religion by force and massacre in lands that already have their own religion. In the end, the European Crusades were only curtailed by Islamic crusaders fighting against them. This culture of hatred between the East and the West still thrives today.