Peter the Hermit was the leader of a preliminary peasant crusade that was unprepared and failed miserably but stirred up Europe for the First Crusade. He and his followers massacred Jews at most towns that they came upon.
Peter the Hermit was the leader of a preliminary peasant crusade that was unprepared and failed miserably but stirred up Europe for the First Crusade. He and his followers massacred Jews at most towns that they came upon.