Excerpt from Histoire de la Première Croisade: Tirée de l'Histoire des Croisades<br><br>Now other circumstances were promoting an organ ised movement for the complete overthrow of the Islamites. The volunteers who had rushed The in impetuously forth to sacrifice themselves in fluence of Spain and Syria, were beginning to realise the the P0pe' need of a commander-in - chief to direct their warfare, and of a ruler to command it. The same ecclesiastical spirit which had prompted their going now directed them to the Pope. The power of the Papacy had been acquiring strength out of the weakness of the Empire, and when that power was wielded by Gregory VII., it became an irresistible passion for ecclesiastical dominion.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.