a fuller, common source which has since been lost. This is disputed by Marcus Bull who claims that the Gesta is indeed “the earliest surviving narrative telling the course of the First Crusade.” Readings of Gesta Francorum References Louis Bréhier (ed. and trans.), Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum, 1964. French translation. Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum, edited and translated by Rosalind Hill, Oxford, 1967. Latin text with facing-page English translation. External links Selections from the Gesta Francorum The complete text in Latin 1890 critical edition by Heinrich Hagenmeyer (at the Internet Archive) First Crusade 12th-century Latin books Crusade chronicles