Children's Crusade (disambiguation)
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The Children's Crusade
Children's Crusade
The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events which happened in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a French or German boy; an intention to peacefully convert Muslims in the Holy Land to Christianity; bands of children marching to...

was a crusade to free the Holy Land in the year 1212.

Children's Crusade may also refer to:

History

  • Children's Crusade (civil rights)
    Children's Crusade (civil rights)
    The Children's Crusade was the name bestowed upon a march by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 2, May 3, and May 4, 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement's Birmingham Campaign. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk...

    , a march led by James Bevel in 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement
  • Mary Harris Jones#Children's Crusade, a cross-country march led by American labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones in 1903

Comics

  • The Children's Crusade (comics), a story arc in DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, 1993-1994
  • Avengers: The Children's Crusade, a current storyline in Marvel Comics' Young Avengers, 2010

Novels

  • The Children's Crusade is the second short story in Michael Cunningham's Specimen Days
    Specimen Days
    Specimen Days is a 2005 novel by American writer Michael Cunningham. It contains three stories: one that takes place in the past, one in the present, and one in the future. Each of the three stories depicts three central, semi-consistent character-types: a young boy, a man, and a woman...

    .
  • Slaughterhouse-Five
    Slaughterhouse-Five
    Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut about World War II experiences and journeys through time of a soldier called Billy Pilgrim...

    or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death, by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Pattern Recognition (novel)
    Pattern Recognition (novel)
    Pattern Recognition is a novel by science fiction writer William Gibson published in 2003. Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols...

    - a reference to the weekend visitors of Camden Town
    Camden Town
    -Economy:In recent years, entertainment-related businesses and a Holiday Inn have moved into the area. A number of retail and food chain outlets have replaced independent shops driven out by high rents and redevelopment. Restaurants have thrived, with the variety of culinary traditions found in...

     by William Gibson
    William Gibson
    William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...


Other uses

  • The latter half of the Lapland War
    Lapland War
    The Lapland War were the hostilities between Finland and Nazi Germany between September 1944 and April 1945, fought in Finland's northernmost Lapland Province. While the Finns saw this as a separate conflict much like the Continuation War, German forces considered their actions to be part of the...

    , 1944-1945
  • A song by Sting from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
    The Dream of the Blue Turtles
    The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the first solo album by British pop singer-songwriter Sting, released in the United States on 1 June 1985, a year after The Police had unofficially disbanded...

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