The opening weeks of 1098 weeks see …
Years: 1098 - 1098
January
The opening weeks of 1098 weeks see such unseasonably bad rain and cold weather that Duqaq has to return home without further engaging the crusaders.
The crusaders fear that the rain and earthquake are signs they have lost God's favor, and to atone for their sins, such as pillaging, Adhemar of Le Puy orders that a three-day fast should be observed.
In any case, supplies are running dangerously low, and soon after, one in seven men is dying of starvation.
Although local Christians bring food to the crusaders they charge extortionate prices.
The famine also affects the horses, and soon only seven hundred remain.
The extent to which the crusader army is affected is difficult to gauge, but according to Matthew of Edessa one in five crusaders die from starvation during the siege and the poorer members are probably worse off.
The famine damages morale and some knights and soldiers begin to desert in January 1098, including Peter the Hermit and William the Carpenter.
On hearing of the desertion of such prominent figures, Bohemond dispatches a force to bring them back.
Peter is pardoned while William is berated and made to swear he will remain with the crusade.
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People
- Adhemar of Le Puy
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- Bohemond I of Antioch
- Constantine I
- Danishmend Gazi
- Eustace III
- Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan
- Godfrey of Bouillon
- Guglielmo Embriaco
- Hugh I
- Iftikhar al-Dawla
- Kerbogha
- Kilij Arslan I
- Manuel Boutoumites
- Peter the Hermit
- Pope Urban II
- Raymond IV
- Robert Curthose
- Robert II, Count of Flanders
- Stephen
- Tancred
- Tatikios
- William the Carpenter
- Yaghi-Siyan
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Jews
- Kurdish people
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Germans
- Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Toulouse, County of
- Flemish people
- Flanders, County of
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- Cyprus, East Roman (Byzantine)
- Fatimid Caliphate
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Druze, or Druse, the
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Lorraine (Lothier), Lower, (second) Duchy of
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- England, (Norman) Kingdom of
- Danishmends
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Aleppo, Seljuq Emirate of
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
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Years: 1098 - 1098
January
Locations
People
- Adhemar of Le Puy
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- Bohemond I of Antioch
- Constantine I
- Danishmend Gazi
- Eustace III
- Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan
- Godfrey of Bouillon
- Guglielmo Embriaco
- Hugh I
- Iftikhar al-Dawla
- Kerbogha
- Kilij Arslan I
- Manuel Boutoumites
- Peter the Hermit
- Pope Urban II
- Raymond IV
- Robert Curthose
- Robert II, Count of Flanders
- Stephen
- Tancred
- Tatikios
- William the Carpenter
- Yaghi-Siyan
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Jews
- Kurdish people
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Germans
- Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Toulouse, County of
- Flemish people
- Flanders, County of
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- Cyprus, East Roman (Byzantine)
- Fatimid Caliphate
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Druze, or Druse, the
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Lorraine (Lothier), Lower, (second) Duchy of
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- England, (Norman) Kingdom of
- Danishmends
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Aleppo, Seljuq Emirate of
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
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