Pastoureaux, Crusade of the

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• Crusade of the Pastoureaux —     Crusade of the Pastoureaux     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Crusade of the Pastoureaux     One of the most curious of the popular movements inspired by a desire to deliver the Holy Land. St. Louis, King of France, had gone on the Crusade (1248) …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pastoureaux — (French: shepherds ) Participants in two outbreaks of mob violence in medieval France. The first Pastoureaux were peasants in northeastern France aroused by news in 1251 of the reverses suffered by King Louis IX while on his Crusade. Accusing the …   Universalium

• Shepherds' Crusade (1251) — The Shepherds Crusade of 1251 was a popular movement in northern France aimed at rescuing King Louis IX during the Seventh Crusade. Contents 1 Background 2 Formation 3 Dispersal 4 …   Wikipedia

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• Shepherds' Crusade (1320) — The Shepherds Crusade of 1320 was a popular movement in northern France aimed to help the Reconquista of Iberia.CausesThe causes are complex, however, at that time a wake of famines had set in related to climactic changes (the little ice age )… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Jews —     History of the Jews     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jews     (Yehúd m; Ioudaismos).     Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races;… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• POPES — The earliest, semi legendary popes, Peter and his immediate successors, were of Jewish birth, yet nothing specific is known of their relations with the Jews. The first pope reported historically to have entered into direct relations with Jews was …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• CRUSADES — CRUSADES, military expeditions of the European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to conquer Ereẓ Israel from the Muslims or to repel their counterattacks. The explicit cause was the reports received from Jerusalem concerning the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• FRANCE — (Heb. פְרַאנְצִיָּה and צָרְפַת), country in Western Europe. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: from the first settlements unil the revolution the roman and merovingian periods from the carolingians until the eve of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism