'Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade', (1095-1099), 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade', (1095-1099), 1890. Peter the Hermit (1050-1115) priest of Amiens and key figure during the First Crusade, a military effort to recapture the Holy Land for Pope Urban II for the Byzantine Empire. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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Size: 3797px × 5536px
Location: World,Middle East
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License: Licensed
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