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Chiyaley,
eight points , on the left blreast ; and placed the hospital under the higher patronage of St . John the Baptist . Before their local religious superior , the Patriarch of Jerusalem , they took triple monastic vows of obedience , chastity , and poverty ; ... arid a bull of Pope Paschal II . not only confirmed the institution , but placed the fraternity under the especial protection of the Holy See .
The pontiff confirmed all the endowments of the hospital , and exempted its property from tithes , also conferring on the brethren the special privilege of electing their superior , independent of ecclesiastical or secular interposition . Subsequent bulls further strengthened the position of the Order ; and its immunity from many of the penal enactments of the - Church induced the nobility of Europe to enter the institution . We observe that as the necessity for military talent and courage becamie evident , the Christian
religion was used by its ministers as an additional spur to the temper of the valiant . Victory and glory on earth , and a happy immortality after death , were promised to those champions who should distinguish themselves in battle against the infidels . But the -Romish clergy , who are reputed to have in all ages possessed the wisdom of serpents ,
if they sometimes have fallen short of the simplicity of doves , saw the advantage of converting this temporary zeal , which animated the warriors of their creed against the invading infidels , into a permanent union of principles which should blend the ceremony of religious worship with the military establishment of the ancient German chivalry—allegiance to the pontiff being from the first essential to the constitutions .
The Christians had enjoyed the security and comfort of this humane institution barely seventeen years , when Malek Shah , with his Turkomans , burst into Jerusalem and massacred the Egyptian garrison . The barbarities inflicted on the inhabitants were terrible . Many were put to the sword ; and the hospital of St . John was despoiled . The reports of these atrocities roused Europe to vengeance ; every Christian warrior grasped his lance , and a chief only was wanted to lead them to Palestine . At length Peter the Hermit applied himself to an enterprise which the most puissant princes dared not undertake . The undisciplined multitude of his followers
after committing all sorts of disgraceful excesses , left their bones to whiten the forests of Hungary and Bulgaria . But the army of brave and valiant disciplined soldiery , led by Godfrey de Bouillon , accompanied by many nobles of rank , achieved the difficulties of the long and tedious march , and at last placed the cross on the towers of Jerusalem .
Among the leaders of less renown in this first Crusade , was Guelpho , Duke of Bavaria , one of the progenitors of the illustrious family which at this day fills and honours the British throne . Ho died at Paphos , on his return from the Holy Land , in 1101 . The transition into the military character which the Order assumed , must havo ^ bcen gradual , and called for by the necessities of tho times , as the historians of the Order do not record the date
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chiyaley,
eight points , on the left blreast ; and placed the hospital under the higher patronage of St . John the Baptist . Before their local religious superior , the Patriarch of Jerusalem , they took triple monastic vows of obedience , chastity , and poverty ; ... arid a bull of Pope Paschal II . not only confirmed the institution , but placed the fraternity under the especial protection of the Holy See .
The pontiff confirmed all the endowments of the hospital , and exempted its property from tithes , also conferring on the brethren the special privilege of electing their superior , independent of ecclesiastical or secular interposition . Subsequent bulls further strengthened the position of the Order ; and its immunity from many of the penal enactments of the - Church induced the nobility of Europe to enter the institution . We observe that as the necessity for military talent and courage becamie evident , the Christian
religion was used by its ministers as an additional spur to the temper of the valiant . Victory and glory on earth , and a happy immortality after death , were promised to those champions who should distinguish themselves in battle against the infidels . But the -Romish clergy , who are reputed to have in all ages possessed the wisdom of serpents ,
if they sometimes have fallen short of the simplicity of doves , saw the advantage of converting this temporary zeal , which animated the warriors of their creed against the invading infidels , into a permanent union of principles which should blend the ceremony of religious worship with the military establishment of the ancient German chivalry—allegiance to the pontiff being from the first essential to the constitutions .
The Christians had enjoyed the security and comfort of this humane institution barely seventeen years , when Malek Shah , with his Turkomans , burst into Jerusalem and massacred the Egyptian garrison . The barbarities inflicted on the inhabitants were terrible . Many were put to the sword ; and the hospital of St . John was despoiled . The reports of these atrocities roused Europe to vengeance ; every Christian warrior grasped his lance , and a chief only was wanted to lead them to Palestine . At length Peter the Hermit applied himself to an enterprise which the most puissant princes dared not undertake . The undisciplined multitude of his followers
after committing all sorts of disgraceful excesses , left their bones to whiten the forests of Hungary and Bulgaria . But the army of brave and valiant disciplined soldiery , led by Godfrey de Bouillon , accompanied by many nobles of rank , achieved the difficulties of the long and tedious march , and at last placed the cross on the towers of Jerusalem .
Among the leaders of less renown in this first Crusade , was Guelpho , Duke of Bavaria , one of the progenitors of the illustrious family which at this day fills and honours the British throne . Ho died at Paphos , on his return from the Holy Land , in 1101 . The transition into the military character which the Order assumed , must havo ^ bcen gradual , and called for by the necessities of tho times , as the historians of the Order do not record the date