The 1906 caption reads: “PETER THE HERMIT PREACHING THE FIRST CRUSADE.—The crusades were started by Peter the Hermit, a holy man who returned from Jerusalem and spoke at a great Church Council held at Clermont in France, 1095. He told of the sufferings of Christians in the Holy Land and urged the warriors to win back the Sepulchre of Christ from the Mahometans. "God wills it!" cried the Pope, and the whole multitude was seized with religious enthusiasm, and enrolled themselves under the banner of the cross.” Peter the Hermit (c. 1050—1115), ascetic and monastic founder, considered one of the
The 1906 caption reads: “PETER THE HERMIT PREACHING THE FIRST CRUSADE.—The crusades were started by Peter the Hermit, a holy man who returned from Jerusalem and spoke at a great Church Council held at Clermont in France, 1095. He told of the sufferings of Christians in the Holy Land and urged the warriors to win back the Sepulchre of Christ from the Mahometans. "God wills it!" cried the Pope, and the whole multitude was seized with religious enthusiasm, and enrolled themselves under the banner of the cross.” Peter the Hermit (c. 1050—1115), ascetic and monastic founder, considered one of the most important preachers of the First Crusade. He was also, with Walter Sansavoir, one of the leaders of the so-called People’s Crusade, which arrived in the East before the main armies of the First Crusade.
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