I wrote a research paper in college on the Children's Crusade, and the question I posed to be answered was "how many children participated in it?" It turns out

I wrote a research paper in college on the Children's Crusade, and the question I posed to be answered was "how many children participated in it?" It turns out that it was a real phenomenon, and many children did leave home, but being children, practically none of them made it to the Holy Land. The journey for many was much, much shorter. And likewise, for many it was merely a spiritual crusade and they went nowhere but "TO GOD!" as they were heard to shout. There were eyewitnesses and contemporary accounts, and I compiled an impressive list of sources to document what could be gleaned from those accounts from a modern perspective.