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But in the twelfth century , the house of Alsace could afford the high costs of their expeditions — Thierry went to Jerusalem four times , Philip twice — and the counts ' repeated absences in fact promoted administrative reform ; the baillis and the Grote Bref were as much the products of crusading as the English and Norman judicial system and exchequers were the product of the king-duke 's divided attentions .