Peter the Hermit
Americannoun
noun
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This painted illustration from a world history published in the early twentieth century imagines Peter the Hermit giving a rousing speech to attract men and women to go on crusade.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The images conjured by Urban, Peter the Hermit, and others implied that the Muslim occupation of the Holy Land was unjust and oppressed the Christian community.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Peter the Hermit griped that they “think of nothing but themselves” and are “impatient of all restraint”.
From Economist • Jul. 30, 2015
Wrote New York World-Telegram & Sun's Harriet Van Home: "It's quite possible that he is the finest Catholic orator since Peter the Hermit."
From Time Magazine Archive
"It's two," I said, "Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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