Table Preaching Crusade Stone The Hermit Harangue The Crusaders In Front Of Jerusalem

Peter the Hermit harangues the Crusaders in 1095 Peter the Hermit, a native of the environs of Amiens, is the principal preacher of the first crusade. An eloquent speaker, he leads the popular elements to the Holy Land in 1096, but most will die before reaching their goal. In 1099, he participated in the siege of Jerusalem by organizing processions around the city and haranguing the Crusaders. Peter the Hermit is the main preacher of the first crusade. In 1095, he would have made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from which he would have returned with a letter from God ordering the Christians to come to the aid of their co-religionists in the East. He would then have met the pope, before the Council of Clermont, and began to preach the pilgrimage to the Holy Places. He is an eloquent and inspiring speaker who succeeds in bringing together in their life-saving aspirations the popular elements of the First Crusade. In 1096, Peter the Hermit left for Constantinople at the head of a troop of nearly 20,000 Lorrainers and Germans from the south. During the siege of Jerusalem in 1099, he organized processions around the city and inspired the prayers of intercession of the clergy and the people. He is seen haranguing the Crusaders by showing them with a gesture of the hand the goal to be reached, the taking of Jerusalem. The city taken, he returns to the West with relics. Total dimensions with frame: 106 x 141.5 cm No sending not possible post