How the Battle of Civetot (1096) Crushed the First Crusade’s Peasant Army
To truly grasp the magnitude of the disaster at Civetot, we must first step back into the fervent atmosphere of 11th-century Europe. The Battle of Civetot ended the ill-fated People’s Crusade on 21 October 1096, turning a tide of popular fervor into a cautionary tale about the limits of zeal without leadership. It is the…