From prophecy to apocalypse: the verb tenses of Jerusalem in Robert the Monk's<i>Historia</i>of the First Crusade
Matthew Gabriele
ABSTRACTIn the prologue to his Historia of First Crusade, Robert Monk posed this rhetorical question: ‘since creation world what more miraculous undertaking has there been (other than mystery redeeming Cross) was achieved in our own time by journey people Jerusalem?’ For Robert, answer course simple: nothing miraculous. Yet when we that question along with lose sight its significance, and how staggering claim actually would have early twelfth century. events 1095–9 signalled a new moment sacred history. Old Testament prophecy had come true day. What ‘was come’ became simply ‘was’. Monk, apocalypse.
Journal of Medieval History