There were also acts of collective violence and insurrection. In rural France, a movement called the Pastoureaux spread rapidly through the countryside. A great mass of peasants and laborers gathered in the northwest, and began marching south and east toward the Holy Land, gaining numbers as they went. On the way, the Pastoureaux attacked castles, sacked monasteries, burned archives, released convicts, slaughtered Jews, murdered Lepers, and settled scores with the nobility for many centuries of oppression. They spread terror among the possessing classes, until finally they were dispersed and
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