Why did people go on the children's crusade?

Answer 1

A shepherd boy called Stephen said to the King of France that Jesus had told Stephen to gather all of the French children together and go on a crusade to free Jerusalem from the Muslims. Jesus had said that the sea would dry up to let the children pass. But when they got to the sea, it had not dried up. Eventually two sea captains, William the Pig and Hugh the Iron, offered to take the children across the sea. The children went aboard the 7 ships happily but 2 of the ships sank and everyone on board drowned. The 5 other ships went to North Africa instead of the Holy Land and the captain's real objectives were revealed - the children were sold as slaves and never made it home.

Answer 2

The Children's Crusade happened in 1212. Many people went to try to remove the Muslims from the Holy Lands. One of the leaders was a 12 year old French boy. This Stephen of Cloyes was said to do miracles. He attracted 30,000 people and they were told by Phillip II of France to go home. So they never made it to the Holy Land. In Germany, the people followed a shepherd boy from Germany and they marched to Italy where they came to the sea and expected the sea to part for them so that they could walk to the Holy Lands.

Answer 3

The Children's Crusade was a popular movement of young people who believed in the power of their innocence and purity to peacefully convert Muslims. They were inspired by the preaching of a boy who claimed to have seen Jesus and felt they were on a divine mission to help reclaim the Holy Land. However, they were tragically misled by their leaders, leading many to be captured, sold into slavery, or die during their journey.

Answer 4

Because it invovled lots of children ya silly person