Peter the Hermit

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Peter the Hermit was an itinerant French preacher who became a key popular leader and spiritual figurehead of the early, unofficial phase of the First Crusade.

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Peter the Hermit canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monk ⓘ
Christian preacher ⓘ
crusade leader ⓘ
itinerant preacher ⓘ
person ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
activeYearsEndTime early 12th century ⓘ
activeYearsStartTime c. 1095 ⓘ
associatedWith anti-elite religious sentiment ⓘ
millenarian expectations ⓘ
popular religious enthusiasm ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathPlace Europe ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
hasCanonicalNameForm Peter the Hermit ⓘ
historicalReputation charismatic preacher ⓘ
controversial leader ⓘ
inspiredBy Pope Urban II’s call for the First Crusade ⓘ
knownFor organizing large bands of lay crusaders ⓘ
preaching crusade to the poor and peasants ⓘ
languageOfExpression Old French ⓘ
led bands of popular crusaders ⓘ
movement First Crusade ⓘ
People’s Crusade ⓘ
linked to: People's Crusade
name Peter the Hermit ⓘ
notableFor leading the People’s Crusade ⓘ
role in the First Crusade ⓘ
occupation crusader ⓘ
monk ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
participatedIn First Crusade ⓘ
People’s Crusade ⓘ
linked to: People's Crusade
placeOfActivity France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
the Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Balkans

the Holy Land ⓘ
linked to: Holy Land
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder hermitic tradition ⓘ
role popular leader of the early phase of the First Crusade ⓘ
spiritual figurehead for common crusaders ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
socialClassOfFollowers lesser knights ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
urban poor ⓘ
sourceMention medieval Latin chronicles of the First Crusade ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Crusade → hasLeader → Peter the Hermit ⓘ
Peter the Hermit → name → Peter the Hermit ⓘ
Peter the Hermit → hasCanonicalNameForm → Peter the Hermit ⓘ
Walter Sans-Avoir → contemporaryOf → Peter the Hermit ⓘ
Walter Sans-Avoir → collaboratedWith → Peter the Hermit ⓘ
Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan → participant → Peter the Hermit ⓘ