People's Crusade

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The People's Crusade was an ill-fated, largely unorganized popular movement of peasants and minor nobles in 1096 that attempted to reach the Holy Land before the official First Crusade and was mostly destroyed in Anatolia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military expedition
popular crusading movement
characterizedBy absence of strong military leadership
lack of formal organization
poor logistics
popular participation
religious zeal
describedAs ill-fated
popular crusade
unofficial crusade
followedBy Princes' Crusade
hasCause call to crusade by Pope Urban II
millenarian expectations
popular religious enthusiasm
hasEndTime 1096
hasEstimatedSize tens of thousands of participants
hasLeader Peter the Hermit
Walter Sans-Avoir
hasLocation Anatolia
Balkans NERFINISHED
Byzantine Empire
Europe
France
Germany NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire
Hungary
hasNotableEvent ambush near Civetot
crossing of the Bosporus near Constantinople
massacre of Jews along the Rhine
hasObjective aid Byzantine Empire against Seljuk Turks
capture Jerusalem
hasOpponent Seljuk Empire
surface form: Seljuk Turks

Turkish forces in Anatolia
hasOutcome massacre of crusaders in Anatolia
military disaster
hasParticipant artisans
children
knights
minor nobles
peasants
women
hasReligion Western Christianity
surface form: Latin Christianity
hasStartTime 1096
partOf First Crusade
precededBy Council of Clermont
supportedBy Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos NERFINISHED
tookPlaceDuring 11th century
tookPlaceIn High Middle Ages

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Gesta Francorum describesEvent People's Crusade
First Crusade precededBy People's Crusade