Chapter V. Innocent III. And His Age. A.D. 1198-1216
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THE CRUSADES.
"No idle fancy was it when of yore Pilgrims in countless numbers braved the seas, And legions battled on the farthest shore,
Only to pray at Thy sepulchral bed, Only in pious gratitude to kiss The sacred earth on which Thy feet did tread."
Uhland, An den Unsichtbaren.
Philip Schaff and David S. Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Volume 5: The Middle Ages, AD 1049–1294 (1907). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.