Coming soon , to a bookshop or online retail merchant near you : theMental Floss History of the World : An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization ’s Best Bits . Around here , we wish to call it " MFHOTWAIRTCBB . " Until the Word ’s October 28th going date , we ’re go to treat you guy rope to snip from the book we find especially interesting . Today ’s topic : the Crusades , an extract right from MFHOTWAIRTCBB . Catchy , right ?
Peter the Hermit
A Gallic priest who got harassed when he tried to chat the Holy Land and aid levy Tennessean for " the Peasants ' Crusade , " part of the First Crusade in 1096 , Peter the Hermit lose 25 percent of his force on the agency . Most of the rest were kill or captured by the Turks while he was elsewhere . Peter endeavor to desert when he and his Crusaders were catch in a Muslim siege of the metropolis of Antioch , then talked the circumvent Crusaders into attacking the besieger , who promptly slaughtered them . After the Crusaders accept Jerusalem , Peter go back to Europe .
Walter the Penniless
A French knight who was n’t really fall apart , Walter catch his name when later historians mistook his Gallic surname Sans Avoir , as " without means " rather of as a reference to the Avoir Valley . Anyway , he co - top the Peasants ' Crusade with Peter , and was in charge when most of the Crusaders got wiped out . That include Walter .
The Goose Crusade
According to Judaic historians , a fanatic chemical group of German peasants determine in 1096 that a goose had been " blessed by God . " They followed it around for a while , and along the fashion attacked and kill any Jews they encountered .
The Children’s Crusade
