As a result, crucial aspects of the Children’s Crusade remain controversial. Reports in the chronicles often amount to no more than a line or two, and other sources are fragmentary and at times unreliably embellished.

ControversiesĪlthough it is mentioned in more than 50 chronicles (lists of historical events in chronological order) dating from the 13th century, much about the Children’s Crusade remains obscure. It was arguably the first European youth movement. Nevertheless, the religious fervour it excited helped to initiate the Fifth Crusade (1218). Lasting only from May to September, the Children’s Crusade lacked official sanction and ended in failure none of the participants reached the Holy Land.

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