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Definition of Fourth Crusade
1. Noun. A Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourth Crusade
Literary usage of Fourth 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)
"The fourth crusade was diverted from Syria to Constantinople ; and the conquest
of the Greek or Roman empire by the Latins will form the proper and ..."
2. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"The sources for the Crusades remain quite abundant, however, especially those
for the highly controverted Fourth Crusade. Few movements have excited greater ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"... nor did the effects correspond with the hopes and wishes of the pope and the
people. The fourth crusade was diverted from Syria to Co ..."
4. The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273 by Thomas Frederick Tout (1899)
"The 1 To the authorities mentioned under Chapter vii. may now be added Pears'
Fall of Constantinople, being the Story of the Fourth Crusade. ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"With the reign of Enrico Dandolo and the Fourth Crusade we approach a memorable
... The story of the Fourth Crusade is the story of the way in which the ..."
6. A Short History of the Near East: From the Founding of Constantinople (330 A by William Stearns Davis (1922)
"... Fourth" Crusade. To avoid the long land route this army bargained with the
Venetians for shipping to take them to Egypt or Palestine. ..."
7. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"Fourth Crusade.—Fifth and Sixth Crusades.—Louis IX. turns Crusader.— Seventh
Crusade.—St. Louis taken Prisoner.—Eighth and last Crusade.—Death of St. Louis. ..."
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