Peter the Hermit
11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade · France · Religious Figures · Lived 1050 to 1115 · aged 65
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Something wrong?A priest from Amiens who led thousands of peasants east in 1096 before the nobles even moved - and watched most of them die in Turkey weeks later. His name opens the First Crusade's bloodiest footnotes.
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, A certain priest named Peter, from the kingdom of the Franks and the bishopric of Amiens, a hermit both in deed and name, led by the same ardor, arrived at Jerusalem.
About this person
Peter the Hermit, a Roman Catholic priest from Amiens born around 1050, became the face of the People's Crusade in 1096, a ragged military expedition that set out for Jerusalem ahead of the organized noble armies. His march through Europe left a trail of massacres against Jewish communities, setting a brutal precedent for later Crusades. The Seljuk Turks nearly wiped out his forces in Anatolia, forcing Peter to retreat to Constantinople and attach himself to the Prince's Crusade that followed. He continued in varying leadership roles as the Crusaders pushed into the Levant and eventually took Jerusalem. He died on 8 July 1115 or 1131.
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