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Though Louis did reach Palestine, it was with weakened forces; he could effect nothing by his campaign, and Eleanor, who had accompanied him, seems to have been entirely corrupted by the evil habits of the Franks settled in the East. THOUGH LOUIS DID REACH PALESTINE IT WAS WITH WEAKEN FORCES HE COULD EFFECT NOTHING BY HIS CAMPAIGN AND ELEANOR WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED HIM SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY CORRUPTED BY THE EVIL HABITS OF THE FRANKS SETTLED IN THE EAST
d feelings towards the individual city or lord in question. However, the royal authority had begun to be respected by 1137, when Louis VI. died, having just effected the marriage of his son, _Louis VII._, with Eleanor, the heiress of the Dukes of Aquitaine--thus hoping to make the crown really more powerful than the great princes who owed it homage. At this time lived the great St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, who had a wonderful influence over men's minds. It was a time of much thought and speculation, and Peter Abailard, an able student of the Paris University, held a controversy with Bernard, in which we see the first struggle between intellect and authority. Bernard roused the young king, Louis VII., to go on the second crusade, which was undertaken by the Emperor and the other princes of Europe to relieve the distress of the kingdom of Palestine. France had no navy, so the war was by land, through the rugged hills of Asia Minor, where the army was almost destroyed by the Saracens. EELINGS TOWARDS THE INDIVIDUAL CITY OR LORD IN QUESTION HOWEVER THE ROYAL AUTHORITY HAD BEGUN TO BE RESPECTED BY ELEVEN THIRTY SEVEN WHEN LOUIS THE SIXTH DIED HAVING JUST EFFECTED THE MARRIAGE OF HIS SON LOUIS THE SEVENTH WITH ELEANOR THE HEIRESS OF THE DUKES OF ECUTIN THUS HOPING TO MAKE THE CROWN REALLY MORE POWERFUL THAN THE GREAT PRINCES WHO OWED IT HOMAGE AT THIS TIME LIVED THE GREAT SAINT BERNARD ABBOT OF CLERVAU WHO HAD A WONDERFUL INFLUENCE OVER MEN'S MINDS IT WAS A TIME OF MUCH THOUGHT AND SPECULATION AND PETER ABILAS AN ABLE STUDENT OF THE PARIS UNIVERSITY HELD A CONTROVERSY WITH BERNARD IN WHICH WE SEE THE FIRST STRUGGLE BETWEEN INTELLECT AND AUTHORITY BERNARD ROUSED THE YOUNG KING LOUIS THE SEVENTH TO GO ON THE SECOND CRUSADE WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE EMPEROR AND THE OTHER PRINCES OF EUROPE TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS OF THE KINGDOM OF PALESTINE FRANCE HAD NO NAVY SO THE WAR WAS BY LAND THROUGH THE RUGGED HILLS OF ASIA MINOR WHERE THE ARMY WAS ALMOST DESTROYED BY THE SARACENS
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