Table of Contents

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

About the Author

MARCUS BULL is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill LAURA ASHE is Professor of English at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Worcester College, Oxford. MARCUS BULL is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill STEVEN J. BIDDLECOMBE edited the Latin text of Baldric's Historia (2014); having taught at a number of universities, most recently at Nottingham Trent; he is currently an independent scholar.

Reviews

An impressive volume that maintains a rare coherence across the twelve contributions to bring out the individuality and significance of these varied narratives.
*THE HISTORIAN*

This volume provides a fine introduction to the historiography of the First Crusade, both for those who consider themselves historians of that movement and for those who do not.
*SPECULUM*

The individual pieces are all excellent in their scholarly quality and acumen.
*MEDIAEVISTIK 27*

[A]n essential work for crusade historians that will also edify and challenge the medieval scholarly community to reexamine their approaches to historical writing.
*AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW*

The volume is an important milestone in a journey that, in many ways, has only just started. It should be of great use both to historians of crusades and to historians of medieval historiography for many years to come.
*THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW*