Trade began to grow. The West began to expand. The West started to learn again. Slowly the Holy Land fell under Western control. The West was beginning on its road to ruling the World. The West was becoming an expanding, growing, appropriating, living and conquering thing. Bernard played his role. God Bless him. We need a man like him again.
We always need saints. Bleeding and unmanning your nation with pointless military disasters don’t help.