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Christopher Tyerman has some useful things to say about English
participation in the First Crusade in his _England and the Crusades_
(UChicago Press, 1988).  I would try mining his very trustworhty footnotes.

--Jessalynn Bird 

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Subject: [M-R] Crusades but specific not general

medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

Dear Crusading specialists

Can you help ? Some years ago, browsing through a shelf full of English
translations of original texts on the Crusades, I came across a reference to
the Breton contingent behaving badly on their way to the FIRST Crusade. 
Foolishly I never copied down the citation.  I think the incident was in
Southern Italy but it could equally well have been in Byzantium. The Bretons
under Duke Alain Fergent attached themselves to Robert of Normandy. (I know
there is often confusion in documents between Bretons and Britons - nothing
new here - so if in doubt, I'll collect  references to naughty Britons as
well.)

Apologies in advance to Andre-Yves & Denis for the suggestion that Bretons
could possibly behave badly - it must be a calumny - or a mistake for
Britons!

Brenda

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