Download or read book Robert the Monk's History of the First Crusade written by Robert (of Reims) and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert the Monk's chronicle of the First Crusade was one of the most popular such accounts in the Middle Ages. As such it gives an invaluable window onto contemporary perceptions of the crusade, as well as providing new and unique information - and all this in a racy style which on occasion would not disgrace a modern journalist. This is the first translation of the Latin text into English.