NOUN | act | Third Crusade | a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions / dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal |
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Meaning | A Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions / dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal. | |
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Instance of | Crusade | Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims |
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