I believe you meant (Goal and not "gold") if so, the answer is-to invade the North from the West
They could limit their powers by establishing a bill of rights
The Crusades have had negative and positive consequences. The negative ones were the destruction of properties, the massacres that took place during the war, the exploitation of populations.
The positive consequence was that it was possible the contact between two civilizations that have influenced each other.
I think it was Robert Walpole.