People's Crusade
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The People's Crusade was the beginning phase of the First Crusade whose objective was to retake the Holy Land, and Jerusalem in particular, from Islamic rule. In 1095, after the head of the Catholic C
The defeat of the People's Crusade Illustration by Jean Colombe (from Passages d'outremer)
Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade – from the painting by James Archer – from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I – anonymous author and artists
Siege of Niš on 4 July 1096
Peter the Hermit shows the crusaders the way to Jerusalem. French illumination, c. 1270.
Peter the Hermit
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Peter the Hermit, also known as Little Peter, Peter of Amiens, or Peter of Achères, was a Roman Catholic priest of Amiens and a key figure during the military expedition from France to Jerusalem in 10
People's Crusade
…Crusade or the Popular Crusade as it was executed by a mainly untrained peasant army prior to the main church-organized crusade. It was led primarily by Peter the Hermit with forces of Walter Sans Avoir. The peasant army of this crusade was largely destroyed by the forces of the Seljuk Turks under Kilij Arslan at the…
1096 Siege of Nish (1337)
The tomb of Pierre l'Ermite