What were the effects of the Crusades?

The Crusades were militarily unsuccessful but the economic, scientific, religious, and cultural aspects impacted the West profoundly. After the Crusades halted, various trade routes opened up between Eastern and Western cities. The Crusades hastened the development Western Europe’s science, technology, literature, and religious ideas. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, a number of monks became concerned about the moral and organizational state of the Church. They formed a movement, known as the Cluniac Reform …

…Many old tales were redone with the spirit of crusading infused in them. In conclusion the effects of the crusades were far-reaching and pervasive. Without the exchange of knowledge that took place at universities, and the exchange of technology that took place on the battlefield the Western world would not be what it is today. Western society was shaped by the Crusades and the will always be effected by events that occurred in the Crusades.