Took me three coffees to sort through my notes. Realized the Crusades weren’t just wars – they turned Christianity into this money/power machine. The church got richer but regular folks got cynical as hell after seeing all the violence and corruption. Kinda explains why people later started protesting with the whole Reformation thing. https://fairytales.cc/how-did-the-crusades-affect-christianity-in-history-see-real-stories-shared/