Excerpt from A Selection of Papers on Subjects of Archaeology and History: Communicated to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society The Crusades thus naturally gave rise to the military orders, which united monastic vows and a mode of life partially monastic, with the profession of arms. The state of the newly acquired conquest of the Holy City called for some vigorous exertion. The great leaders had taken possession of their several kingdoms of Antioch, Damascus and Edessa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.