Crusade

Other forms: Crusades

Definitions of Crusade

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: crusade

   examples:

   First Crusade

   a Crusade from 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there

   Second Crusade

   a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187

   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 and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal

   Fourth Crusade

   a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem

   Fifth Crusade

   a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered

   Sixth Crusade

   a Crusade from 1228 to 1229 led by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who fell ill and was excommunicated by the Pope; by negotiation Frederick II was able to crown himself king of Jerusalem

   Seventh Crusade

   a Crusade initiated in 1248 after the loss of Jerusalem in 1244 and defeated in 1249

   type of:

   expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition

   a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country