Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 167
ber of the Crusaders. From France, Bernard crossed over to Germany,where the influence of his inspired words fully revealed itself, for wholepopulations, unable even to understand the language he addressed them in,carried away by the marvellous charm of his manner, smote their breasts, andcried… … Fig. 105.—Facade of the Abbey Church of the Magdalen, as it now stands at Vezelai, -where, in1146, St. Bernard preached the Second Crusade (Twelfth Century). considerable opposition; but at last, at a meeting held at Spires, the 28th ofDecember, 1146, Bernards extraordinary eloquence produced such…
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