This video put the crusades in a great context for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlEQBxCMIZI
And I've just finished this book and can recommend purchasing it cheaply or borrowing it. Spoiler: the Templars were innocent but had political traitors, they were beset by calumny, then gossip, then greed. https://smile.amazon.com/Templars-Knights-Christ-Regine-Pernoud-ebook/dp/B002UZ5K4E/