ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the extent to which Robert brings additional value as a historical source for the Crusade. It discusses his relationship with other sources, Latin and vernacular, and the extent to which he might have drawn on them. It concludes that he makes extensive use of another source also used by Gilo and no longer extant. Although he has some links with the vernacular tradition, these are probably stylistic and via the GF rather than direct. It discusses Robert’s value as a source in his own right and offers some suggestions as to where he might have derived his additional material. It concludes that whilst Robert was not an eyewitness to the Crusade other than the Council of Clermont, his testimony - like that of most chroniclers of the Crusade - does have some independent value.
