Author | Fulcher of Chartres |
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Original title | Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium |
Translator | Frances Rita Ryan (English)(Complete Version) |
Language | Latin |
Subject | First Crusade |
Genre | chronicle |
Publication place | Kingdom of Jerusalem |
The Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium (A history of the expedition to Jerusalem) is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade written on 1101, 1106, 1124 until 1127 by Fulcher of Chartres (c. 1059 – after 1128). He was a priest who participated in the First Crusade. He served Baldwin I of Jerusalem for many years, and wrote a chronicle of the Crusade, writing in Latin.