21 September 1096 A.D. PEOPLE’S CRUSADE: Xerigordon’s Crusaders Were Surrounded
21 September 1096 A.D. PEOPLE’S CRUSADE: Xerigordon’s Crusaders Were Surrounded Graves, Dan. “Xeriogordon’s Crusaders Were Surrounded.” Christianity.com. Apr 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/901-1200/xerigordons-crusaders-were-surrounded-11629796.html . Accessed 23 May 2014. When Pope Urban II summoned Europe to the First Crusade, filthy, barefoot Peter the Hermit urged people to gather their possessions and head east. Whole families joined the "People's Crusade." These were not trained armies, although there were trained soldiers among them. Months later, after many hardships, adventures and deaths, they arrived at the Bosphorus Strait where the Byzantine Emperor agreed to ferry them over. He wanted them out of the way, because they had created many incidents in their journey and were stealing his people blind. By this time, the French and Germans were quarreling and they split up. The Italians sided with...