Stories of persons and places in Europe . nemies. Only another knight might unhorse him, when hewould lie helplessly on his back like a turtle, held down by his heavy ar-mour, until some one helped him up. But this did not happen often. The keenscimeters of the Saracens, and all the weapons of warfare then used in Eu-rope, excepting those of the English archers, fell harmlessly upon his coatof mail, and his horse which was also clad in armour. He could rideunharmed through a host of common soldiers slaying scores on every side. Peter the Hermit.—While the knights were burning with a desire top
Stories of persons and places in Europe . nemies. Only another knight might unhorse him, when hewould lie helplessly on his back like a turtle, held down by his heavy ar-mour, until some one helped him up. But this did not happen often. The keenscimeters of the Saracens, and all the weapons of warfare then used in Eu-rope, excepting those of the English archers, fell harmlessly upon his coatof mail, and his horse which was also clad in armour. He could rideunharmed through a host of common soldiers slaying scores on every side. Peter the Hermit.—While the knights were burning with a desire toprove their courage and win fame, a zealous monk of Amiens, was pre-paring to furnish them with just the opportunity they wished. Peter theHermit, so called because he had given up wordly affairs and lived the lifeof a hermit, went on a pilgrimage from France to Jerusalem, and there hebecame very indignant at the wrongs done to the Christian pilgrims by theTurks, and also at the thought that these infidels should pollute the HolvCity. J. PETER THE HERMIT. 306 Persons and Places in Europe. Filled with rage he returned to Europe and began to preach the duty Christian to go to Jerusalem and drive out the Turks. He soon stirredup a great excitement, and a vast army of people, men women and childrenof all ranks, knights and nobles, lords and peasants, all started out on foot,and on horseback for the far away land of Palestine. Very few knew how long the journey was, or what dangers lay beforethem. Those who did expected to be delivered in some miraculous way, forthey thought the mission on which they were going could not but receivethe approval and assistance of God. So they set out without clothing, pro-vision, or anything, expecting to find all they needed as they went such was their zeal and their blindness that they thought it right torob the Jews, who they said had killed the Savior, and even to murderthousands of these poor people. When they came to Hungary
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