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Journey Across Europe. By Dr. Tom Rees. The People's (also:
Peasant's or Popular) Crusade left Amiens in March 1096, several months
before the official armies. They were men, women and children of all social
ranks, but many of them poor. Few of them had any proper military equipment,
let alone training. With Peter as their spiritual head and Walter Sans-Avoir
as their military leader. By the time they had reached Cologne, the vanguard
led by Walter had already split from the main body. Walter convinced Coloman,
King of Hungary, that the Crusaders offered him no threat. The march of
Walter's vanguard was peaceful enough, except for an incident at Semlin,
where a straggling group of Crusaders were murdered, and their clothes and
armor dangled over the walls of the town... (more) |
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