Peter the Hermit Addresses a Crowd
Peasant's Crusade
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In 1096 Peter the Hermit, a native of Amiens in France, led 20,000 commoners out of Cologne on the Peasants' Crusade. When they arrived in Constantinople they are so decimated by hunger and disease that they caused a great deal of trouble. Made up of poorly organized groups led by Peter the Hermit and Walter the Pennyless, the Peasants' Crusade pillaged Asia Minor but meet with a very messy end.
