Peasants' Crusade
Illustrations, Drawings, Woodcuts
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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. They sacked a number of Christian cities and killed many Jews before they reached Constantinople.
| Illustrations: Peasants' Crusade | |
| Peter the Hermit and the Peasants' Crusade |
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| Peter the Hermit Addresses a Crowd |
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| Peter the Hermit Kneels Before Pope Urban II |
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| Peter the Hermit with the Patriarch of Jerusalem |
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