- This article refers to the events of 1212, for other uses see Children's Crusade (disambiguation).
The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a boy, children marching to south Italy, an attempt to free the Holy Land, and children being sold into slavery. Several conflicting accounts exist, and the facts of the situation continue to be a subject of debate among historians.
The long-standing view
The long-standing view of the Children's Crusade is some version of events with similar themes. A boy began preaching in either France or Germany claiming that he had been visited by Jesus and told to lead the next Crusade. Through a series of supposed portents and miracles he gained a considerable following, including possibly as many as 20,000 children. He led his followers southwards towards the Mediterranean Sea, where it is said he believed that the sea would part when he arrived, so that he and his followers could march to Jerusalem, but this did not happen. Two merchants gave passage on seven boats to as many of the children as would fit. The children were either taken to Tunisia and sold into slavery, or died in a shipwreck. In some accounts they never reached the sea before dying or giving up from starvation and exhaustion. Scholarship has shown this long-standing view to be more legend than fact.
Modern research
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In the arts
- Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi describes a dying bishop's guilt-ridden recollection of the Children's Crusade, during which he questions the purpose and limitations of his own power.
- Kruistocht in spijkerbroek, is a novel by Dutch author Thea Beckman about the Children's Crusade through the eyes of a time traveller.
- Lionheart, a little known historical/fantasy film, loosely based on the stories of the Children's Crusade.
Notes
- Template:Fnb Raedts, 1977
- Template:Fnb Russell, 1989
References
- Frederick Russell, "Children's Crusade", Dictionary of the Middle Ages, 1989, ISBN 0684170248
- Peter Raedts, "The Children's Crusade of 1212", Journal of Medieval History, 3 (1977), summary of the sources, issues and literature.
- Chronica Regiae Coloniensis, a (supposedly) contemporary source. From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
- The Children's Crusade: Fact or fable?, from The Straight Dope.