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The early Norman kings, even immediately after the death of the Conqueror, found themselves involved in this struggle, and were forced to avail themselves of the help of what had now become the inferior tribe—the native English, to wit. THE EARLY NORMAN KINGS EVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEATH OF THE CONQUEROR FOUND THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN THIS STRUGGLE AND WERE FORCED TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE HELP OF WHAT HAD NOW BECOME THE INFERIOR TRIBE THE NATIVE ENGLISH DE WIT
nd 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. 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. D 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 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
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