The Crusades as a Land Grab
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You think the Crusades were about saving Christianity? That's cute. The First Crusade
pitch? Land grants. Debt forgiveness. Tax breaks. Pope Urban II literally
said: "The land of your enemies shall be yours." Younger sons with no inheritance could
claim entire estates. Nobles in debt got a clean slate. Crusader letters home read like real
estate ads: measuring olive groves, arguing over harbor rights. Then 1099 Jerusalem
happens. Not a liberation. A loot scramble. Knights fought each other over which
palace they got. One guy complained another "stole" his house claim. They divided up
neighborhoods like a land auction. The religious story? That was the permission slip for a land
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