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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. 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
sm than by modern Protestantism. The contest, therefore, between the Crown and the Church was a mere bickering between two bodies, without any essential antagonism between them, as to how far the administration of either reached; neither dreamed of subordinating one to the other, far less of extinguishing one by the other. The history of the Crusades, by-the-way, illustrates very emphatically this position of the Church in the Middle Ages. The foundation of that strange 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 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. BY MODERN CATHOLICISM THAN BY MODERN PROTESTANTISM THE CONTEST THEREFORE BETWEEN THE CROWN AND THE CHURCH WAS A MERE BICKERING BETWEEN TWO BODIES WITHOUT ANY ESSENTIAL ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THEM AS TO HOW FAR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EITHER REACHED NEITHER DREAMED OF SUBORDINATING ONE TO THE OTHER FAR LESS OF EXTINGUISHING ONE BY THE OTHER THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES BY THE WAY ILLUSTRATES VERY EMPHATICALLY THIS POSITION OF THE CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES THE FOUNDATION OF THAT STRANGE 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
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