I learned about Children’s Crusade through the first assignment. While reading the article about the Crusade, Children’s Crusade caught my eye. After reading the article, I tried to search for information from the books. Children’s Crusade, however, was not mentioned. I have decided to learn more about the Children’s Crusade and found this article: The Children’s Crusade of 1212.
It describes how the crusade began, where the children have traveled, and the dangers they have faced. Wikipedia article, however, disagrees with this article in few aspects. Children’s Crusade actually consisted of wandering poors rather than children and Wikipedia explains it is due to mistranslation.
The children's crusade is a very curious incident, no doubt about it, and the misunderstanding regarding the participants colored much thinking about the crusades in the 19th century. There was a very recent study of the Children's Crusade, can't remember the author, but I believe we have it in the Robbins Library, here at Rochester.
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