Fulcher of Chartres

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Fulcher of Chartres was a 12th-century French priest and chronicler best known for his detailed eyewitness account of the First Crusade and the early years of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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instanceOf Catholic priest
Latin Christian writer
chronicler
eyewitness of the First Crusade
medieval historian
approximateBirthCentury 11th century
approximateDeathCentury 12th century
associatedWith Chartres Cathedral chapter
linked to: Chartres Cathedral
birthPlace Chartres
centuryActive 12th century
chaplainTo Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
chronicleCovers events from the preaching of the First Crusade to the 1120s
clergyOf Latin Church in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
eyewitnessTo First Crusade
genre crusade chronicle
historiography
historicalPeriodDescribed First Crusade
early 12th century Levant
historicalSignificance major primary source for early Crusader states
major primary source for the First Crusade
knownFor chronicle of the early Kingdom of Jerusalem
eyewitness account of the First Crusade
language Latin
nationality French
occupation chronicler
historian
priest
participatedIn First Crusade
perspective Frankish crusader
placeOfActivity Jerusalem
Levant
linked to: Levant region
regionOfActivity Kingdom of Jerusalem
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
servedAs chaplain
sourceFor history of the First Crusade
history of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
subjectOfWork First Crusade
reign of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
reign of Baldwin II of Jerusalem
usedBy modern historians of the Crusades
workTitleEnglish The Deeds of the Franks Who Went to Jerusalem
wrote Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium
linked to: Gesta Francorum
wroteFromPerspectiveOf participant in the crusade

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Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres author Fulcher of Chartres