the Christian cleric Fulcher of Chartres made much the same point. Fulcher took part in the First Crusade, and he was one of those who remained in the east long after it was over, serving as chaplain to King Baldwin I. In his official history of the crusade, known as The Deeds of the Franks (Gesta Francorum), Fulcher marveled at the fact that the crusaders had survived at all.
