Why did Pope Innocent III call for a Fourth Crusade in 1198 CE? To elevate the papacy To form the Holy Orders of Knighthood To unite the quarrelsome lords of Europe To avoid civil war
I am not 100% positive but during the Crusades the only thing the clergy and the pope really cared about was elevating their influence (and killing heretics and heathens). So the only answer that makes sense to me Is ,"To elevate the papacy".
