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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Fulcher of Chartres canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ