There Was A Children's Crusade, Allegedly

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*sighs* Alright, this will be the last of the Alleged Trilogy, self purportedly.


It is said that there was a Children's Crusade were a disastrous crusade by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims taken place in 1212. (Or sometime around then.) The crusaders left areas of Northern France, led by Stephen of Cloyes, and Germany, led by Nicholas. The traditional narrative is likely conflated from some factual and mythical events which include the visions by a French boy and a German boy, an intention to peacefully convert Muslims in the Holy Land to Christianity, bands of children marching to Italy, and children being sold into slavery. Many children were tricked by merchants and sailed over to what they thought were the holy lands but, in reality, were slave markets.

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