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They would be saving Jerusalem from the Muslim state and therefore strong Catholic believers saw this as a glorious moment to take part in a war. This led thousands of knights and regular towns people all over Europe to be persuaded to go to war. The Pope had originally hoped to target only knights and skilled soldiers to join this crusade therefore he had had set a date for the commencement of the crusade for the summer of 1096. Although, a monk named Peter the Hermit had persuaded large parts of France and soon gathered up his own army composed of peasant men, women and kids. This large group of people were known as the People’s crusade. This was a group of mal-educated and behaved people. They travelled along the river Danube in search for Jerusalem. Due to their lack of knowledge, they believed that any city they encountered on their way was Jerusalem and so they had slaughtered thousands of innocent Jews. This is Albert of Aix who had written about what he had witnessed during this massacre of the