Chapter VIII

ROBERT CURTHOSE IN LEGEND 190-202
Early growth of legends concerning Robert 190
His legendary exploits on the Crusade 193
His refusal of the crown of Jerusalem 197
Legends connected with his long imprisonment 200
The tale of the scarlet robe 201

APPENDICES

A. NOTE ON THE SOURCES 205-210

B. _DE INIUSTA VEXATIONE WILLELMI EPISCOPI PRIMI_ 211-216

C. ARNULF OF CHOCQUES, CHAPLAIN OF ROBERT CURTHOSE 217-220

D. ROBERT’S COMPANIONS ON THE CRUSADE 221-229

E. LAODICEA AND THE FIRST CRUSADE 230-244

F. THE BATTLE OF TINCHEBRAY 245-248

G. THE ROBERT MEDALLION IN SUGER’S STAINED-GLASS WINDOW AT
SAINT-DENIS 249-252

INDEX 253-271

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

_Actus Pontificum_ _Actus Pontificum Cenomannis in Urbe
degentium_, ed. G. Busson and A.
Ledru. Le Mans, 1902.

_A.-S. C._ _The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_, ed. Charles
Plummer, under the title _Two of the
Saxon Chronicles Parallel_. 2 vols.
Oxford, 1892-99.

Davis, _Regesta_ H. W. C. Davis, _Regesta Regum
Anglo-Normannorum_, i (1066-1100).
Oxford, 1913.

_E. H. R._ _English Historical Review._ London,
1886-.

_G. F._ _Anonymi Gesta Francorum et Aliorum
Hierosolymitanorum_, ed. Heinrich
Hagenmeyer. Heidelberg, 1890.

Hagenmeyer, _Chronologie_ Heinrich Hagenmeyer, _Chronologie de la
première croisade (1094-1100)_.
Paris, 1902. Also in _Revue de
l’Orient latin_, vi-viii (1898-1901).

Haskins Charles H. Haskins, _Norman
Institutions_. Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 1918. _Harvard
Historical Studies_, xxiv.

_H. C. A._ _Recueil des historiens des croisades._
Publié pas les soins de l’Académie
des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
_Documents arméniens._ 2 vols. Paris,
1869-1906.

_H. C. G._ _The same._ _Historiens grecs._ 2 vols.
Paris, 1875-81.

_H. C. Oc._ _The same._ _Historiens occidentaux._
5 vols. Paris, 1841-95.

_H. C. Or._ _The same._ _Historiens orientaux._ 5
vols. Paris, 1872-1906.

_H. F._ _Recueil des historiens des Gaules et
de la France_, ed. Martin Bouquet and
others. 24 vols. Paris, 1738-1904.

_Kreuzzugsbriefe_ _Die Kreuzzugsbriefe aus den Jahren
1088-1100: Eine Quellensammlung zur
Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzuges_,
ed. Heinrich Hagenmeyer. Innsbruck,
1901.

Le Hardy Gaston Le Hardy, _Le dernier des ducs
normands: Étude de critique
historique sur Robert Courte-Heuse_,
in _Bulletin de la Société des
Antiquaires de Normandie_, x (Caen,
1882), pp. 3-184.

_M. G. H._ _Monumenta Germaniae Historica._ Hanover,
etc., 1826-.

Migne _Patrologiae Cursus Completus_, ed. J. P.
Migne. Series Latina. 221 vols.
Paris, 1844-64.

Ordericus Ordericus Vitalis, _Historiae
Ecclesiasticae Libri Tredecim_, ed.
Auguste Le Prévost. 5 vols. Paris,
1838-55.

Round, _C. D. F._ J. H. Round, _Calendar of Documents
preserved in France illustrative of
the History of Great Britain and
Ireland_, i (918-1206). London, 1899
(_Calendars of State Papers_).

Simeon, _H. D. E._ Simeon of Durham, _Historia Dunelmensis
Ecclesiae_, in his _Opera Omnia_, ed.
Thomas Arnold, i. London, 1882.

Simeon, _H. R._ Idem, _Historia Regum_, _ibid._, ii.
London, 1885.

William of Jumièges William of Jumièges, _Gesta Normannorum
Ducum_, ed. Jean Marx. Paris, 1914.

William of Malmesbury, _G. P._ William of Malmesbury, _De Gestis
Pontificum Anglorum Libri Quinque_,
ed. N. E. S. A. Hamilton. London,
1870.

William of Malmesbury, _G. R._ Idem, _De Gestis Regum Anglorum Libri
Quinque_, ed. William Stubbs. 2 vols.
London, 1887-89.

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