Western Civilizations chapter 9

How did the meaning and purposes of crusading change in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

In the twelfth century, crusading was mainly for gaining land and increasing the empire. Then, a spiritual scam was made to the people, and they began to join in crusading, killing unbelievers, and terrorizing people who weren't in the empire for that reason, making them go for the ruler to increase wealth and control. this sent crusading from public empire to personal gain

               The growth of towns and monarchies, and the Church increased the degree of control that those in power could exercise; but this growth also increased access to education and new forms of social mobility. Is this a paradox, or are these two phenomena related?

Let’s think of this as a bank next to a library. The bank representing the increased control of the people, as you need money to buy books, but the library is access to those books and social mobility, books coming and going out of the library. While these two have a relation, they are completely different “businesses” in the world, and one does not necessarily directly related to the other. That being said, if there were an increase in one, it is likely that the other would benefit.