Who led the efforts in recruiting 30,000 peasants and poor townspeople to volunteers as crusaders

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Colt Villarreal

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31 May, 13:21

Who led the efforts in recruiting 30,000 peasants and poor townspeople to volunteers as crusaders

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Tori Blanchard · Answer 1

During the Crusades, Peter the Hermit is credited with recruiting 30,000 peasants and poor townspeople to volunteer as crusaders. Peter the Hermit was a priest of Amiens and is widely credited by historians of today as being one of the key leaders of the first Crusade.