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IP (Uses (Lots of detail (Can get an idea of personalities of characters),…
IP
Uses
Lots of detail
Can get an idea of personalities of characters
Useful that author is a templar- can help to gauge how interested in religion others were
Also interested as author criticises those who want to rush to Jerusalem as it is unwise - can appreciate tactics, order founded in Jerusalem - local (?)
Use to cross-reference - decent amount of first hand accounts available
Very focused on Richard - get an in-depth account
Limitations
Not a lot of info about all groups e.g. women
Everyone encountered is in relation to Richard
Highly subjective
Doesn't know all information e.g. inner workings of negotiations
Events
Crusade takes a long time
Takes a long time to reach Holy Land, long time to achieve anything and never gets to Jerusalem
1188 Battle of Hattin
1191 Richard arrives in the Holy Land and ends siege of Acre
Author
Author appears to be an eyewitness
First part written by him, second part by a monk much later
Author is a templar
Reactions and accounts often have a religious slant
Complains about people who leave, that the pilgrims weren't as good as the first ones
Objectives
In the introduction the author says he wants to write the history down so no-one forgets