The age of the crusades . Kn igh ts. 159 the inscription, Not unto us, O Lord, but unto Thyname be glory! The history of the Hospitallers and the Templarsuntil the fall of the sacred city is that of the kingdomitself. In all battles these knights of the white and thered cross were conspicuous for bravery, and by theunity and discipline of their organizations gave steadi-ness to the progress of the cause, or at least retardedother disasters which finally befell it. Teutonic Order.—The Order of Teutonic Knightsof St. Marys Hospital at Jerusalem was founded in1128. During its earlier history its
The age of the crusades . Kn igh ts. 159 the inscription, Not unto us, O Lord, but unto Thyname be glory! The history of the Hospitallers and the Templarsuntil the fall of the sacred city is that of the kingdomitself. In all battles these knights of the white and thered cross were conspicuous for bravery, and by theunity and discipline of their organizations gave steadi-ness to the progress of the cause, or at least retardedother disasters which finally befell it. Teutonic Order.—The Order of Teutonic Knightsof St. Marys Hospital at Jerusalem was founded in1128. During its earlier history its members limitedtheir endeavors to religious and charitable work. Itwas not until 1190, during a later crusade than thatwe have been narrating, that it acquired militaryorganization. From that time, as a purely Germanorder, it shared with the Hospitallers and Templarsthe charters bestowed by the Pope and emperors,and contested with them the palm of heroism andpower. Its peculiar badge was a black cross on awhite CHAPTER XXIII. EUROPE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECONDCRUSADES — KINGSHIP IN FRANCE — PAPALAGGRANDIZEMENT — ABELARD—ARNOLD OFBRESCIA—BERNARD. URING the fifty years (1096-1146) whichhad elapsed since the exodus of the firstcrusaders a new generation had grown upin Europe. Vast changes had taken placeeverywhere, in every grade of society, inpopular habits, and in conditions of thought. Thecrisis of the Dark Ages had passed; new light wasbreaking upon problems of government, the rela-tion of classes, and even upon religious doctrine anddiscipline. These changes were largely due to thecrusade itself and to the continuous intercourse be-tween the East and the West which it full development of these new sentiments andmovements was due to the influence of subsequentcrusades. We may, therefore, reserve their consid-eration until we shall have completed the story ofthese various expeditions, the tramp of which was yetto resound for a hundred and f
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