Question

consider, i pray, and reflect bow in our time god has transferred the west into the east, for we who were occidentals now have been made orientals. he who was a roman or a frank is now a galilean, or an inhabitant of palestine. one who was a citizen of rheims or of chartres now has been made a citizen of tyre or of antioch. we have already forgotten the places of our birth; already they have become unknown to many of us, or, at least, are unmentioned. some already possess here homes and servants which they have received through inheritance. some have taken wives not merely of their own people, but syrians, or armenians, or even saracens who have received the grace of baptism....our parents and relatives from day to day come to join us, abandoning, even though reluctantly, all that they possess. for those who were poor there, here god makes rich. those who had few coins, here possess countless besants (an ornament) ; and those who had not had a villa, here, by the gift of god, already possess a city. therefore why should one who has found the east so favorable return to the west? god does not wish those to suffer want who, carrying their crosses, have vowed to follow him, nay even unto the end....
source: chronicles of fulk of chartres, late 11c.
q-3a → what are the financial benefits of fighting as a crusader?
q-3b → according to fulk of chartres, what is happening to those europeans who come to fight in the middle east?

Explanation:

Q-3a

To find the financial benefits of fighting as a Crusader, we analyze the text: "For those who were poor there, here God makes rich. Those who had few coins, here possess countless besants (an ornament); and those who had not had a villa, here, by the gift of God, already possess a city." So the financial benefits include becoming rich (poor becoming rich), gaining wealth (few coins to countless besants), and acquiring property (no villa to possessing a city).

From the text: "God has transferred the West into the East, For we who were Occidentals now have been made Orientals... We have already forgotten the places of our birth... Some already possess here homes and servants... Some have taken wives... Our parents and relatives... come to join us, abandoning... all that they possess... God makes rich... possess a city". So Europeans are undergoing cultural (becoming Orientals, forgetting birthplaces), social (acquiring homes/servants, intermarrying), and economic (gaining wealth/property) changes, and their families join them.

Answer:

• The poor become rich ("For those who were poor there, here God makes rich").
• Those with few coins gain countless besants ("Those who had few coins, here possess countless besants").
• Those without a villa acquire a city ("those who had not had a villa, here, by the gift of God, already possess a city").

Q-3b