Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . on the onehand, with monarchical and democratical power on theother, and the influence exerted by the Crusades onboth. The Crusades aided much in the accomplishmentof the final result, the destruction of the power of thenobility. In the first place, they glorified the characterof feudalism by enforcing the principles of be a true knight, a man must be devout, just,merciful, and pure. Many Crusaders, indeed, fell farshort of this high
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . on the onehand, with monarchical and democratical power on theother, and the influence exerted by the Crusades onboth. The Crusades aided much in the accomplishmentof the final result, the destruction of the power of thenobility. In the first place, they glorified the characterof feudalism by enforcing the principles of be a true knight, a man must be devout, just,merciful, and pure. Many Crusaders, indeed, fell farshort of this high ideal; but there can be no doubtthat, on the whole, it elevated the standard of moral-ity, and checked the rampant tyranny which had previously prevailed. Foundedon a principle of sincere though mistaken piety, the Crusaders recognized allwho took thQ cross as brethren; hence the meanest serf became, in some meas-ure, free ; and the same benign sentiment extended its effect to all classes. Theattraction of a common cause in foreign lands further contributed to wean theCrusaders from the class quarrels and domestic feuds which occupied them at.
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