The Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem (Ecclesiastical Latin: [isˈtɔː.ri.a ˈfraŋ.kɔ.rum kwi ˈt͡ʃɛː.pɛ.runt i.ɛˈruː.za.lɛm]; "History of the Franks who captured Jerusalem"), which has also been published under the simple title Liber ("Book"), is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade written between 1098 and 1105, probably completed by 1101, by Pons of Balazun and Raymond of Aguilers.
[3] It presumed to have been completed before 1105, because it does not mention the death of Raymond's patron, the count of Toulouse, in that year.
Because he was close to the count, Raymond was better informed regarding the inner workings of the crusader leadership than the author of the Gesta.
[1] The Historia Francorum was one of the texts given to King Louis VII of France as a coronation gift in 1137.
The Latin text was first published by Jacques Bongars in Gesta Dei per Francos, I, pp.