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Before 1096

According to Anna Comnena, he had attempted to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before 1096, but was prevented by the Seljuk Turks from reaching his goal and was reportedly mistreated. He used this supposed mistreatment to preach inflammatory statements about the Turks toward upset Christians .

Crusading to holy land

'''Before Peter went on his crusade he got permission from the Patriarch of Jerusalem. This particular Patriarch was named Simeon. When Recruiting people, Peter was able to recruit from England, Lorraine, France and Flanders . Peter the Hermit arrived in Cologne, Germany, on Holy Saturday, the 12th of April in 1096'''. He was one main prominent leaders of crusaders involved in the massacres against the Jews on Rhineland massacres [2]. '''That was just one of the examples of his cruelty against the people of the Jewish Faith. Peter also slaughtered Jewish people in the Kingdom of Lorraine. The citizens of Cologne were also unkind to the Jewish people. They also killed a number of them as well . Peter's Party also slaughtered Jewish people in Mainz. These people tried to take refuge with a bishop and paid him to try to keep them safe but Peter's party still killed them . The party also did things like besiege homes and kill families. When the They also piled bodies of the dead until they could not pile them any higher. Another thing that Peter's crusade did was that whenever they were in a Jewish settlement, they always made sure to tear up the Torah. Also torturing and dragging people were not out of the question for what they did to the people they captured in these Jewish settlements .''' The Jewish population tried to Leading the first of the five sections of the People's Crusade to the destination of their pilgrimage, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, he started (with 40,000 men and women) from Cologne in April, 1096, and arrived (with 30,000 men and women) at Constantinople at the end of July. The Eastern Roman Emperor Alexios I Comnenus was less than pleased with their arrival, for along with the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Patriarch Nicholas III of Constantinople, he was now required to provide for the care and sustenance of the vast host of paupers for the remainder of their journey.

Before reaching Constantinople though, Peter and his followers began to run into trouble '''. In Stemlin, the Governor, who was descendant of a Ghuzz Turk, and a colleague, got frightened by the army's size and decided to tighten regulations on a frontier . This would have been fine if a dispute about the sale of a pair of shoes had not occurred. This lead to a riot and against Peter's wishes the town was attacked and the citadel was stormed. This resulted in 4000 Hungarians being killed and lots of provisions stolen. Then on June 26 1096 Peter's army was able to cross the Save river . Then the army marched into Belgrade and lit the town on fire and proceeded to pillage it. The army then made it's way into and through Nish after a eight day delay . After riding though Nish the Crusaders made their way towards Sofia when they were attacked on the road. The army took heavy losses. They lost 1/4 of their men but arrived in Sofia on July 12th nonetheless. The forces then arrived in Constantinople on August 1 1096. After a while they arrived at a castle called Xerigordon and captured it . They captured the castle by taking possession of the castle's spring and well. After setting off to Civetot they had set up camp near a village called Dracon. This is where the Turks ambushed Peter and his forces. This was the final battle of the People's Crusade that Peter lead .'''

Most of the paupers failed to make their way out of Roman Catholic jurisdiction. The majority were incapable of being provided for by the various lordships and dioceses along the way and either starved, returned home or were put into servitude, while a substantial number were captured and sold into slavery by the various Slavic robber barons in the Balkans, kindling the view of the Balkan Slavs as nonredeemable robbers and villains citation needed].

Later Life

There is very little concrete record for his life after returning to Europe and much of what we do know is speculation or legend. Peter most likely returned to Europe in 1101 and is believed to have died in 1115[1]. However, Albert of Aix records that he died in 1131, as prior of a church of the Holy Sepulchre which he had founded in France[2][3] or Flanders.

'''Record of Peter's life begin to dwindle after he lost his army. During the Siege of Antioch during the days of famine and cold weather, Peter attempted to flee only to be captured by the Norman Tancred and placed back on the battlefield in 1112[1]. Peter also held services of intercession for Latin and native recruits. Peter advised Greeks and Latins to form processions as well.'''