Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065

Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065

The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064-1065 was a large pilgrimage to Jerusalem which took place a generation before the First Crusade.

It originated in Germany in 1064, and was led by Archbishop Siegfried of Metz, Bishop William of Utrecht, Bishop Otto of Ratisbon, and Bishop Gunther of Bamberg. There were between seven and twelve thousand pilgrims on the journey. The pilgrimage passed through Hungary, Bulgaria, Patzinakia, and Constantinople, just as the First Crusade would over thirty years later, with similar results: the pilgrims were treated harshly wherever they went, and were ushered off into Anatolia once they reached Constantinople. They passed through Anatolia, which had not yet been conquered by the Seljuk Turks, as it was by the time of the crusade. Their troubles increased when they reached Latakia; there they met other pilgrims who warned them of the dangers to the south, and when they reached Tripoli, they were attacked by the emir of the city, but were saved by an apparently miraculous storm. On Holy Thursday they reached Caesarea, and on Good Friday they were attacked by Bedouin bandits. William of Utrecht was killed in battle, according to the "Annales Altahenses Maiores". The pilgrims fled to a nearby fort, and on Easter Sunday there was a truce and the Bedouin leaders met with Gunther, but they threatened to kill the pilgrims anyway. Gunther had them killed and hung over the walls, as a deterrent to further attacks. On Easter Monday the Fatimid governor of Ramla drove off the Bedouins and freed the pilgrims, who then rested in Ramla for two weeks. They arrived in Jerusalem on April 12. After thirteen days they returned to Ramla, and later took ships back to Latakia and returned to Germany.

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*"Annales Altahenses Maiores", 8, a. 1065, MGH, SS. XX. 815-17, trans. James Brundage, "The Crusades: A Documentary History", (Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1962) ( [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1064pilgrim.html online] )


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