Latest / The Sleepkeeper: Sleep Stories from History
The Year Before the First Crusade | Sleep Story
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.
In 1096, thousands of households across France were getting ready for someone to leave. Land was pledged, silver counted, crosses sewn onto cloaks, harvests brought in, and keys passed into different hands.
You don't need to follow any of them onto the road. If you fall asleep somewhere among the abbeys, tally sticks and newly shod horses, the evening has done what it came to do.
· · ·
Tonight: we stay in medieval France during the months before the First Crusade, while ordinary households prepare for an extraordinary journey. Knights…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.