Which of the following best describes the legacy of the crusades? a. muslim nations in the middle east experienced a renaissance. b. western europe experienced a dark age. c. it created resentment between christian and muslim nations. d. christian and muslim nations forged a new, peaceful relationship.

(c) It created resentment between Christian and Muslim nations. The earliest military orders originated in Jerusalem in the wake of the First Crusade, for these religious orders, people committed to violence on behalf of the Christian faith. Crusading played a major role in European territorial expansion, and the movement helped to militarize the medieval western Church leading to a negative impact on inter-faith relations.