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How Did Medieval Jewish Communities Respond to the Massacres of 1096? - Crusading Violence Before the Holy Land | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the spring of 1096, roughly six months after Pope Urban II called for the liberation of Jerusalem, the first major violence of the crusading movement erupted. It did not occur in the Holy Land against Muslim armies, but in European cities like Speyer, Worms, and Mainz, against Jewish communities that had lived there for generations. This episode examines the People's Crusade, a loosely organized wave of charismatic preaching, apocalyptic expectation, and armed pilgrimage that moved east…
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