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Robert was a chronicler of the First Crusade
First Crusade

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The Emperor requested that western volunteers come to their aid and repel the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, Modern day Turkey....
. He did not participate in the expedition, but rewrote the Gesta Francorum
Gesta Francorum

The so-called Gesta Francorum or in full De Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade written in circa 1100-1101 by an anonymous author connected with Bohemund I of Antioch....
 at the request of his abbot, who was appalled at the 'rustic' style of the Gesta.

His chronicle contains an extremely important account of Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II , born Otho de Lagery , was Pope from March 12, 1088 until his death. He is most known for starting the First Crusade and setting up the modern day Roman Curia, in the manner of a royal court, to help run the Church....
's speech at the Council of Clermont
Council of Clermont

The Council of Clermont was a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church, which was held on November 27, 1095 at Clermont-Ferrand and triggered the First Crusade....
. Robert writes as though he was present at Clermont, but it must be noted that he wrote his account in 1116, twenty-one years after the Council.






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Robert was a chronicler of the First Crusade
First Crusade

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The Emperor requested that western volunteers come to their aid and repel the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, Modern day Turkey....
. He did not participate in the expedition, but rewrote the Gesta Francorum
Gesta Francorum

The so-called Gesta Francorum or in full De Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade written in circa 1100-1101 by an anonymous author connected with Bohemund I of Antioch....
 at the request of his abbot, who was appalled at the 'rustic' style of the Gesta.

His chronicle contains an extremely important account of Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II , born Otho de Lagery , was Pope from March 12, 1088 until his death. He is most known for starting the First Crusade and setting up the modern day Roman Curia, in the manner of a royal court, to help run the Church....
's speech at the Council of Clermont
Council of Clermont

The Council of Clermont was a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church, which was held on November 27, 1095 at Clermont-Ferrand and triggered the First Crusade....
. Robert writes as though he was present at Clermont, but it must be noted that he wrote his account in 1116, twenty-one years after the Council. Hindsight is therefore highly influential in Robert's account.

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