... the command of a call to arms from God to their diocese and to anyone they met. This created a huge influx of people from all walks of life wishing to take part in this pilgrimage to the holy land. This could have been seen as a good thing as more people would mean a bigger army for which to smash the Muslims with. But a lot of people who answered the call were not knights or trained soldiers they were ordinary men, women and children, and so they can be seen as more of a hindrance than of help. But by there being women, usually wives, on the journey would have helped the fighting men through the fact that they could comfort and support them along the journey and so keep their mental frame of mind intact. The crusaders did not answer the call from Pope Urban II likely; ...

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