Children's Crusade

This article refers to the events of 1212, for other uses see Children's Crusade (disambiguation) The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a French and/or German boy, an intention to peacefully convert Muslims to Christianity, bands of children marching to Italy, and children being sold into slavery. Several conflicting accounts exist, and the facts of the situation continue to be a subject of discussion among scholars.
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1212. A twelve-year old peasant boy by the name of Stephen of Cloyes, claiming visions, led an army of children to fight in the Holy Land . Embarking at Marseille, they never reached their destination, but were probably sold into slavery in Egypt.