Peter unmarried of Amiens
Country and Region of Origin
France
Picardie (RE) Somme (D)
Picardie (RE) Somme (D)
Role
Leader (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Contingent Leader
Peter the Hermit
Probability of Participation
Certain
Financial Arrangements
Peter gathered followers and materials by preaching and extorting money from the Jews.
Consequences of Expedition
Survived
Actions
Leader of the one of the main expeditions in the people's crusades, and associated with Amiens as his place of origin or activity. It is possible that he was preaching an expedition to Jerusalem before Clermont. He is said by some sources to have attempted to desert while the crusade was at Antioch.
Sources
H. Hagenmeyer, Peter der Eremite (Leipzig, 1879), passim. RFC, p. 56. Accounts of Peter's actions can be found in most First Crusade chronicles.
