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to bow before their victorious legions. Neutral
States there were none.
The centuries immediately following the
dissolution of the Western Roman Empire were
filled with constant strife. This continued long
before the refining power which exists in the
heart of Christianity began to show itself in the
foreign relations of States.
The foundations of modern Europe were
laid in war.
During the Crusades the whole of our
continent was under arms. The struggle against
the “infidel” was not simply a contest between
one State and another, it was also a contest
between Christian Europe and Mohammedan
Asia. To be neutral in such a struggle would,
according to the judgment of the time, have
been equivalent to denying the faith. Within
the European States, feudalism exerted no less
a hindrance to the embodiment of the principle
of neutrality. It would have been thought the
gravest crime to loosen the bond of military
service which compelled vassals to support with
arms the cause of their feudal lords. It was
only with the close of the age of feudalism,
when Europe began to separate into three or
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