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Title: Peter the Hermit
A Tale of Enthusiasm

Author: Daniel A. Goodsell

Release Date: July 25, 2007 [EBook #22147]

Language: English

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Men of the Kingdom

Peter the Hermit
A STORY OF ENTHUSIASM

_By_
DANIEL A. GOODSELL

A Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

CINCINNATI: JENNINGS AND GRAHAM
NEW YORK: EATON AND MAINS

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY
JENNINGS AND GRAHAM

PREFACE

Original material for a biography of Peter the Hermit either does not
exist in this country, or, if here, does not yield itself readily to
knowledge and use. The "Life of Peter the Hermit," by D'Outremant, and
another by Andre Thevet, on which Michaud draws heavily, seem beyond
reach, as are also the histories of the Crusades, by von Raumer and
Maunbourg.

On examining a number of English and American "Histories of the
Crusades," I found them to be largely abridgments or paraphrases of
Michaud's monumental work.

It is, then, from Michaud and Milman chiefly that the writer has drawn
the facts herein recorded, having often found it necessary to chasten
the too pronounced Roman sympathies of Michaud by the equally pronounced
Protestantism of Milman. To these authors I am so much indebted as to
call for the fullest acknowledgment. The Rev. Dr. J. A. Faulkner,
Professor in Drew Theological Seminary, has put me under great
obligations by permitting me to use Hagenmeyer's "Life of Peter,"
especially valuable to the early and late parts of Peter's life.

BROOKLINE, _June, 1906_.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PETER THE HERMIT, 7

II. THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE, 25

III. THE MARCH AND THE BATTLE, 44

IV