[DOC] [TLE] First Crusade - Wikipedia [PAR] The First Crusade (10951099) was the first of a number of crusades that 
attempted to capture the Holy Land, called by Pope Urban II ... It was led by Peter 
the Hermit and Walter Sans Avoir and had no knowledge of or respect for the 
wishes of Byzantine ..... Thus, he resolved to seize a fiefdom for himself in the 
Holy Land. [DOC] [TLE] Crusades - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] The first of the Crusades began in 1095, when armies of Christians from Western 
... to Pope Urban II's plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land. ... 
in southern France, the pope called on Western Christians to take up arms in ... of 
the region and approached Jerusalem, though he refused to lay siege to the city. [DOC] [TLE] Crusades - Medieval Warfare [PAR] The medieval crusades in the Middle East and Europe - Warfare, Arms, ... The 
Holy Land had been in the hands of the Muslims since 638, and it was .... Initial 
expeditions were led by two churchmen, Peter the Hermit and Walter the 
Penniless. .... Succeeding his uncle as a vizier in Egypt, he conquered Egypt in 
1175 and... [DOC] [TLE] The Children's Crusades (1212) - The History Guide [PAR] Steven Runciman's excellent description of the Children's Crusade of the early ... 
years old called Stephen, from the small town of Cloyes in the Orlannais. He ... 
with the idea that he too could be a preacher and could emulate Peter the Hermit, 
... and they would pass, like Moses through the Red Sea, safe to the Holy Land. [DOC] [TLE] Ten Great Events in History - (by James Johonnot) - Authorama [PAR] Jerusalem and the Holy Land became the resort of numerous bodies of clergy, 
who ... after the invasion and conquest of Palestine by the Turkish hordes in 1065
. .... by a rabble of forty thousand men, women, and children, led by Peter the 
Hermit, ... He had risen from a sick-bed to join the crusade, and sold his lordship 
to... [DOC] [TLE] THE DREAM AND THE TOMB: A HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES [PAR] Hundreds of thousands of knights and soldiers went on the Crusade. ... when 
they set out to conquer the Holy Lands, and rarely were they more deeply 
religious, more certain of their faith. ... A. Peter the Hermit led a group of peasants
. ... Yet, he soon did support the Crusade after Pope Eugenius III called for all 
Christians to... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack [PAR] THOUGH CALLED A HERMIT, HE LED THOUSANDS OF CRUSADERS TO 
CONQUER THE HOLY LAND, PETER THE HERMIT. TRADITION SAYS RURIK, 
A... [DOC] [TLE] THE CRUSADES TO THE HOLY LAND - Jesus Christ our Savior [PAR] This brief paper reviews the background that led to the crusades; recounts the 
actual ... Jerusalem and the Holy Land serve as the home of Israel and the 
Christian faith. ... He then took to the sword and conquered Mecca in 630 AD and 
cleansed the ... thought at the turn of the first millennium - the concern over the "
thousand... [DOC] [TLE] The Crusades - Conservapedia [PAR] Sep 9, 2016 ... The crusades ended with the Islamic recapture of all the Holy Land in 1291, ... 
strongholds in Eastern Europe are also sometimes called crusades. .... By the 
time the Crusades finally began, Muslim armies had conquered two-thirds of the 
... He had hoped for a few thousand well trained mercenaries to help... [DOC] [TLE] The Crusaders Capture Jerusalem, 1099 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] Eyewitness account of Crusader's capture of the Christian 'Navel of the World.' ... 
To the Europeans the Holy Land was now in the smothering grip of the ... Led by 
Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless the hapless rabble ... In the meantime, 
the nobility of Europe raised an army of thousands that made its way through... [DOC] [TLE] The First Crusade - Jewish History [PAR] The Crusades changed all of Jewish life in Europe. ... He realized that he could 
now reconcile the Greek Orthodox

Question: Though called a hermit, he led thousands of crusaders to conquer the Holy Land
Answer: Peter the Hermit