HIST 131 Lecture 1: The Crusades
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Explain the role of peter the hermit in the first crusade: explain the role of the council of clermont in the first crusade, google the pope at the time. The children crusade (1212): the shepherd crusade (1251 only, the fifth crusade (1213-1221, the sixth crusade (1228-1229, a. The seventh crusade (1248-1254: the eighth crusade (1270, briefly summarize the spanish reconquista, a. peter the hermit was a priest of amiens and a key figure during the first crusade. He was the true author and originator of the first crusade. Historical sources recount that during an early visit to jerusalem some time before 1096, jesus appeared to peter the. Hermit in the church of the holy sepulchre, and bade him preach the crusade: the council of clermont was a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the. Catholic church, which was held from november 18-28, 1095 at clermont, france.
