assfuc t1_irgq2zj wrote
Reply to comment by Deathbyhours in Did the first crusade impact significantly the war-making capacity of states like england, west and east francia? And did later crusades impose equal burdens, or was the distribution of this burden different for the 2nd and 3rd crusades? by Qazwereira
Why go home? land and onn a major trade route.
Thibaudborny t1_irhsu9e wrote
Because the outright majority never stayed. This is well documented by historians, in particularly Riley-Smith did extensive research into how crusades were organized by the nobility, it basically meant investing/pawning all their property to be able to fund it.
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