Peter the Hermit

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Peter the Hermit was an itinerant French preacher who became a key popular leader and spiritual figurehead of the early, unofficial phase of the First Crusade.

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Peter the Hermit canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monk
Christian preacher
crusade leader
itinerant preacher
person
religious figure
activeYearsEndTime early 12th century
activeYearsStartTime c. 1095
associatedWith anti-elite religious sentiment
millenarian expectations
popular religious enthusiasm
countryOfCitizenship France
deathPlace Europe
ethnicGroup French
givenName Peter
hasCanonicalNameForm Peter the Hermit
historicalReputation charismatic preacher
controversial leader
inspiredBy Pope Urban II’s call for the First Crusade
knownFor organizing large bands of lay crusaders
preaching crusade to the poor and peasants
languageOfExpression Old French
led bands of popular crusaders
movement First Crusade
People’s Crusade
linked to: People's Crusade
name Peter the Hermit
notableFor leading the People’s Crusade
role in the First Crusade
occupation crusader
monk
preacher
participatedIn First Crusade
People’s Crusade
linked to: People's Crusade
placeOfActivity France
Germany
the Balkans
linked to: Balkans

the Holy Land
linked to: Holy Land
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder hermitic tradition
role popular leader of the early phase of the First Crusade
spiritual figurehead for common crusaders
sexOrGender male
socialClassOfFollowers lesser knights
peasants
urban poor
sourceMention medieval Latin chronicles of the First Crusade
timePeriod 11th century

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People's Crusade hasLeader Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit name Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit hasCanonicalNameForm Peter the Hermit
Walter Sans-Avoir contemporaryOf Peter the Hermit
Walter Sans-Avoir collaboratedWith Peter the Hermit
Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan participant Peter the Hermit