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The stir and movement also of the Crusades, and the necessities in which they involved the princes and their barons, furthered the upward movement of the classes that lay below the feudal vassals, great and little; the principal opportunity for which movement, however, in England, was given by the continuous struggle between the Crown and the Church and Baronage. THE STIR AND MOVEMENT ALSO OF THE CRUSADES AND THE NECESSITIES IN WHICH THEY INVOLVED THE PRINCES AND THEIR BARONS FURTHER THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CLASSES THAT LAY BELOW THE FEUDAL VESSALS GREAT AND LITTLE THE PRINCIPAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WHICH MOVEMENT HOWEVER IN ENGLAND WAS GIVEN BY THE CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE CROWN AND THE CHURCH AND BARONAGE
of Jerusalem, whose very coat of arms was a solecism in heraldry, whose king had precedence, in virtue of his place as lord of the centre of Christianity, over all other kings and princes; the orders of men-at-arms vowed to poverty and chastity, like the Templars and Knights of St. John; and above all the unquestioning sense of duty that urged men of all classes and kinds into the holy war, show how strongly the idea of God’s Kingdom on the earth had taken hold of all men’s minds in the early Middle Ages. As to the result of the Crusades, they certainly had their influence on the solidification of Europe and the great feudal system, at the head of which, in theory at least, were the Pope and the Kaiser. For the rest, the intercourse with the East gave Europe an opportunity of sharing in the mechanical civilization of the peoples originally dominated by the Arabs, and infused by the art of Byzantium and Persia, not without some tincture of the cultivation of the latter classical period. GE FEUDAL KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM WHOSE VERY COAT OF ARMS WAS A SOLECISM IN HERALDRY WHOSE KING HAD PRECEDENCE IN VIRTUE OF HIS PLACE AS LORD OF THE CENTRE OF CHRISTIANITY OVER ALL OTHER KINGS AND PRINCES THE ORDERS OF MEN AT ARMS VOWED TO POVERTY AND CHASTITY LIKE THE TEMPLES AND KNIGHTS OF SAINT JOHN AND ABOVE ALL THE UNQUESTIONING SENSE OF DUTY THAT URGED MEN OF ALL CLASSES AND KINDS INTO THE HOLY WAR SHOW HOW STRONGLY THE IDEA OF GOD'S KINGDOM ON THE EARTH HAD TAKEN HOLD OF ALL MEN'S MINDS IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES AS TO THE RESULT OF THE CRUSADES THEY CERTAINLY HAD THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE SOLIDIFICATION OF EUROPE AND THE GREAT FEUDAL SYSTEM AT THE HEAD OF WHICH IN THEORY AT LEAST WERE THE POPE AND THE KAISER FOR THE REST THE INTERCOURSE WITH THE EAST GAVE EUROPE AN OPPORTUNITY OF SHARING IN THE MECHANICAL CIVILIZATION OF THE PEOPLES ORIGINALLY DOMINATED BY THE ARABS AND INFUSED BY THE ART OF BYZANTIUM AND PERSIA NOT WITHOUT SOME TINCTURE OF THE CULTIVATION OF THE LATER CLASSICAL PERIOD
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