Peter the Hermit Kneels Before Pope Urban II
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. Made up of poorly organized groups led by Peter the Hermit and Walter the Pennyless, the Peasants' Crusade was not an official response to Constantinople's request for aid against the Muslims. It was, instead, a popular religious uprising that led to the deaths of most of those involved.
