People's peasants crusade

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A level History Mind Map on People's peasants crusade, created by Amanda Mudariki on 21/05/2017.
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People's peasants crusade
  1. Jewish perspective
    1. Peasants attacked wealthy Jewish communities who were seen as 'infidels' on a par with Muslims
      1. Speyer, Mainz,Treyer and Cologne
        1. Many were either slaughtered or committed suicide to avoid forced conversion in the towns Mainz, Worms and Prague
          1. 1000 killed themselves
            1. Prague
          2. Not part of Urbans aim
            1. Motivations were greed and revenge
          3. Muslim perspective
            1. In July 1096 KiliJ Arslan learned that 1000 of Franks were approaching constantinople
              1. He was confused by the picture painted by the informants as there were thousands of women and children in rags
                1. Aug they crossed for the Borsphorus
                  1. Sept they took Xerigordon
                    1. trapped as water supplies lay outside and Franks sealed off access to the water
                      1. Arslan expected the Franks at Civot to come to their aid and so set a trap
                        1. At Dawn 21st Oct 1096 the franks left their camp
                          1. Captured, many were sold to the slave market, others were exterminated
              2. Due to Failure of the Peasants Crusade
                1. Arslan ignored the information about the arrival of a fresh group of Franks from Constantinople
                  1. Went to east to fight Damishmeds
              3. Byzantium prespective
                1. Alexius was expecting for a body of Frankish mercenaries
                  1. But got 'beyond what he could have expected' tens of thousands of strong warriors and noncobatants, men and woman, rich and poor
                    1. highly motivated by glory
                      1. Fired by tireless preaching at the papal and popular levels bound by oaths of devotion and fealty
                        1. Massive impact of Alexius' letter
                  2. Christian perspective
                    1. Poorly coordinated and undisciplined
                      1. Had to live off the land they passed through
                        1. The Danube region and the Balklans were looted as a result of this
                        2. The armies met outside Constantinople and Alexius had to act due to plundering
                          1. He ferried them off to the Bosphurus in Aug 1096
                            1. resulted in the massacre of half the people's crusade, mostly composed of German and Italian at Ncea
                              1. The other half,mostly French, were decoyed into an ambush and slaughtered
                                1. NO ONE made it to the holy land
                                2. Peter the Hermit was absent when they got destroyed
                        3. Forgot to add
                          1. After sailing through the Bosphorus Peter pleased that they wait for main crusading army.
                            1. He was ignored
                              1. Crusading army divided into two groups.
                                1. German
                                  1. Avoided the city of Nicea and occupied the fortress of Xerigordan
                                    1. Turkish army caught up with them
                                      1. All who were unwilling to convert to Muslim were massacred
                                        1. Surviving Crusaders regrouped at Civot under the leadership of Geoffrey Burel
                                          1. Two hours later they were ambushed and destroyed by Kilij
                                  2. Mixed German and Italian
                                    1. Elected Rainault as their leader
                                      1. Marched to Nicea
                                        1. They were destroyed by Kilij Arslan
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