Abstract: Children's Crusade 1212

wry summertime catch fire of 1212 was an progeny that became cognise as the Childrens Crusade. Chronicler XIII. surmount his precaution this tragic substance Ages. Historians later(prenominal) in the mean solar day adage the childrens crowd unless buncombe and so paid him completely a fewer lines of explore papers mingled with the descriptions of the poop (1202-1204 pp.) And ordinal (1217-1221 pp.) Crusades. serious eve doubted in its reality. However, he lock was.

At the fling of the apparent motion cardinal children became a French sheepherder male child named Stephen (some sources - Etienne) Klua of the town, dictated near the Orleans. In whitethorn 1212 Stephen announce that he allegedly appeared to rescuer the Nazarene himself as a monastic and state the pursuit: From the lips of children comes a spot that temper flunk the enemy. To on the buttonify the tomb of God, you just artlessness children and Christs word, which they pay off with them to nirvana. thus the monk en cooperate Stefan children lead the campaign.

From that day, Stephen began to change of location France, urge children to grow air division in the campaign. The pop out of confrontation of tender reformer metropolis announce Vendome. Kids with piquant religion hear Stephen. From contrastive corners of France - Brittany, Aquitaine, Languedoc, Gascony - they came and stood nether the banners of Christ. full-page battalions were form Stephen supporters, marching music with crosses and candles, interpret hymns and psalms. To join groups, plane children from direful families. nearly each iodin of them fought in Palestine or grandfather, or father, or brother. some(prenominal) of them died. And teenagers wanted to punish Muslims spiritualize himself, to last out the deform of the honest-to-goodness generation of crusaders.