History A-Level
Apocalypticism and popular religion
What Apocalypticism and popular religion means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Apocalyptic zeal and mass hysteria, which largely drove popular movements such as the People's Crusade led by Peter the Hermit.
Topics that use Apocalypticism and popular religion
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The origins of conflict and the First Crusade, c1071–c1099 (AQA A-Level)
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