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**PymnImmen** · 12-14-2006, 05:22 PM

Originally posted by BeBro

Actually, the children's crusade isn't well researched, mainly due to lack of sources. What's known as the children's crusade is merged from several events happened mainly in the first half of the 13th century. There are a number of unsolved problems, for example the number of participants, if they (or the majority) were really children, and if they really planned to go to the Holy Land in something like a "crusade". There are some nice theories though for example that the (in Germany well-known) folk tale of the "Pied Piper of Hamelin" points to the children's crusade. I recall reading somewhere that the "Children's Crusade" never made it out of Europe. The kids were beset by raiders along their march. There were abductions and rape/murders. By the time they approached a port there weren't enough left.

12-14-2006, 05:22 PM	#11
PymnImmen Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 528 Senior Member	Originally posted by BeBro Actually, the children's crusade isn't well researched, mainly due to lack of sources. What's known as the children's crusade is merged from several events happened mainly in the first half of the 13th century. There are a number of unsolved problems, for example the number of participants, if they (or the majority) were really children, and if they really planned to go to the Holy Land in something like a "crusade". There are some nice theories though for example that the (in Germany well-known) folk tale of the "Pied Piper of Hamelin" points to the children's crusade. I recall reading somewhere that the "Children's Crusade" never made it out of Europe. The kids were beset by raiders along their march. There were abductions and rape/murders. By the time they approached a port there weren't enough left.
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