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Definition of Third crusade
1. Noun. A Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Third Crusade
Literary usage of Third crusade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"10 For the third crusade, of Frederic Barbarossa, see Nicetas in Isaac. Angel.
1. ii. c. 3—8, p. 267—266. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1871)
"A grand division of the third crusade was led by the emperor Frederic Barbarossa,10
... For the third crusade, of Frederic Barbarossa, see Nicetas in Isaac. ..."
3. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"But, before I enter on the reign of this prince, I must carry forward the history
of the third crusade, continued by the kings of France and England. ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"He was succeeded on tb: But, before I enter on the reign of this prince, I must
cam forward the history of the third crusade, continued by the of France ..."
5. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empireby Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon (1837)
"... of gold.64 The third crusade, . j. &, „ , i . The nations might fear and hope
hi «a. tlie immediate nnd final expulsion AD un. ..."
6. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"of the third crusade. Shortly before his return home Richard gave the island to
Guy of Lusignan, to make up to him his loss of the kingdom of Jerusalem; ..."