For the political effects of the Crusades, they helped to cut down the power of the feudal nobility, and to give eminence to the kings and the people. A lot of the nobles who went on the crusades did not comeback, and their residence or estates, through failure of succesors, law to the Crown; while many more wasted their fortunes in meeting the expenses of their undertaking.
The cities gained political advantages at the expense of the crusading barons and princes. Ready money in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was largely in the hands of the citizens, and in return for the donations and loans they made to their overlords, they received aggreements giving them special and valuable privileges.
The cities gained political advantages at the expense of the crusading barons and princes. Ready money in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was largely in the hands of the citizens, and in return for the donations and loans they made to their overlords, they received aggreements giving them special and valuable privileges.