The Crusade That Began With a Massacre at Home
In 1096, before they ever saw Jerusalem, crusaders turned on the Jews of the Rhineland. In Speyer, Worms and Mainz, whole communities were wiped out in weeks.
Religion
Faith and the church.
Faith and the church.
In 1096, before they ever saw Jerusalem, crusaders turned on the Jews of the Rhineland. In Speyer, Worms and Mainz, whole communities were wiped out in weeks.
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