Example sentences of "to go on crusade " in BNC.

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1 They took a vow like those of the Middle Ages where someone swore to go on crusade if his wife 's life was saved .
2 However , Barbarossa was still suspicious of the leader of the Guelphs , and when he resolved to go on crusade he ordered that Henry must either follow him to the Holy Land or return to exile in England for a further three years .
3 Problems relating to Châteauroux and other lands in dispute in Berry and Auvergne were referred to a panel of arbitrators ; Richard was to marry Alice ; finally both Louis and Henry agreed to go on crusade and , in the meantime , made a mutual non-aggression pact .
4 He wanted to go on crusade at once , but his father would not let him .
5 Popes , especially such as Clement , found men like Winchelsey — all inflexible integrity and principle — a political embarrassment , and what Clement sought was a unified realm ruled over by a king who was prepared to go on crusade , assisted by a primate who would readily raise the papal taxes to pay for it .
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