What are the reasons for the Crusades?

The Crusades were organized by the Catholic Church from the 11th to the 13th century. They were carried out under the sign of a holy war and the deliverance of the eastern shrines from the Seljuk Turks. But in fact, the participants in the crusades went to the military seizure mainly for the sake of land holdings and profit. The Pope sought to expand his influence in the world. Feudal lords and small knights wanted to get the eastern lands, as they were forced to do so by the land crisis in Europe. Farmers and other people went on campaigns for forgiveness and salvation from hunger.