Gesta Francorum

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First Crusade narrative Latin chronicle anonymous work medieval chronicle

Gesta Francorum is an anonymous 11th-century Latin chronicle that provides a firsthand account of the events and battles of the First Crusade.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Crusade narrative → Latin chronicle → anonymous work → medieval chronicle →
associatedWith	Bohemond of Taranto → Godfrey of Bouillon → Pope Urban II → Raymond IV of Toulouse → Tancred →
author	anonymous →
authorOrigin	Norman knight →
authorParticipation	participant in the First Crusade →
bias	pro-Norman → pro-crusader →
chronicleCoverageEnd	1099 →
chronicleCoverageStart	1095 →
dateWritten	c. 1100 → late 11th century →
describesEvent	Battle of Dorylaeum → Council of Clermont → People's Crusade → Siege of Antioch → Siege of Jerusalem (1099) → Siege of Nicaea →
genre	crusade chronicle → military history →
geographicFocus	Asia Minor → Holy Land → Levant →
historicalValue	primary source for the First Crusade →
influenced	Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana by Ralph of Caen → Historia Hierosolymitana by Baldric of Dol → Historia Hierosolymitana by Fulcher of Chartres → Historia Ierosolimitana by Robert the Monk → Historia de Hierosolymitano itinere by Guibert of Nogent →
language	Latin →
literaryForm	prose →
mainSubject	Crusades → First Crusade →
manuscriptTradition	multiple medieval manuscripts →
modernEditions	edited and translated in various modern languages →
narrativePerspective	eyewitness account →
placeOfOrigin	Norman Italy → Southern Italy →
scholarlyUse	source for crusade historiography →
style	direct → simple →
title	Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bohemond I of Antioch →	describedBySource
First Crusade →	describedIn
Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres ("Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium") →	originalTitle
Gesta Francorum ("Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum") →	title