Writing the Early Crusades – Text, Transmission and Memory

Marcus Bull, Damien Kempf

Introduction - Marcus Bull and Damien Kempf Baldric of Bourgueil and the Familia Christi - Steven J. Biddlecombe Gilbert of Nogent, Albert of Aachen and Fulcher of Chartres: Three Crusade Chronicles Intersect - Jay C. Rubenstein Understanding the Greek Sources for the First Crusade - Peter Frankopan The Monte Cassino Tradition of the First Crusade: From the Chronica Monasterii Casinensis to the Hystoria de via et recuperatione Antiochiae atque Ierusolymarum - Luigi Russo Nova Peregrinatio: The First Crusade as a Pilgrimage in Contemporary Latin Narratives - Léan Ní Chléirigh What Really Happened to Eurvin de Créel's Donkey? Anecdotes in Sources for the First Crusade - Carol Sweetenham Porta Clausa: Trial and Triumph at the Gates of Jerusalem - Nicholas L. Paul The Historia Iherosolimitana of Robert the Monk and the Coronation of Louis VI - James Naus Towards a Textual Archaeology of the First Crusade - Damien Kempf Robert the Monk and his Sources[s] - Marcus Bull Rewriting the History Books: The First Crusade and the Past - William J. Purkis The Ideal of Knighthood in English and French Writing, 1100-1230: Crusade, Piety, Chivalry and Patriotism - Laura Ashe