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What were the goals of the Crusades?

How did the crusades change Christian views of Muslims?

What were the motivations, methods, and outcomes of the Crusades? Why did people from all walks of life and from different parts of Europe leave their lives behind and go to the Middle East? What motivated some of these different groups? For instance what might have motivated a Knight, or a simple peasant? The Crusades resulted in the formation of "Crusader States" in the Levant, but in the long term, can any of them be called "successful"?

What was the significance of the Crusades?

What is a summary of the Crusade to Mahdia led by Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy?

What were the effects of the Crusades for Europe?

What were the motivations behind the Crusades? How have the Crusades influenced the modern world?  

Give a summary of the crusade of Nicopolis led by Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy.

Briefly summarize the First Crusade.

Why was the first Crusade successful compared to the last two crusades (Mahdia and Nicopolis)?

What tactics or strategies were used in the crusade against Mahdia?

What strategies and organization was used in the crusade of Nicopolis?

What were the tactics or strategies, technology that were used on the first crusade?

Were the Crusades primarily driven by religious fervor or the ambitions of power-hungry monarchs and a corrupted Catholic Church?