To what extent do you agree that the Gesta Francorum is a simple soldier's straightforward account of the First Crusade

Essay from the year 2003 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 54 %, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Department of History), course: HIH 3124, language: English, abstract: In the eleventh century the Christian lands of Western Europe were in trouble. Afflicted by the repeated invasions from North and South and East, by the collapse of internal order, by brutal ...