Short Suck 63: The Children's Crusade: Faith, Folly, and 30,000 Kids
About this episode
This episode explores the bizarre and debated event of the Children's Crusade in 1212, where thousands of children believed they would reach Jerusalem with divine assistance.
In 1212, thousands of children set out across Europe believing God would part the Mediterranean and lead them peacefully to Jerusalem. (Spoiler alert: God didn't.) Their impossible journey became one of the strangest and most hotly debated events of the Middle Ages, blurring the line between history, myth, religious fervor, and mass delusion. It's also wildly entertaining.
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