Crusade departure; William II acquires Normandy from Robert
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Ingram/Giles translation) records under 1096 that an immense multitude went forth with their wives and children to make war upon the heathens, and that through this expedition King William and his brother Earl Robert were reconciled, so that the king went over sea and 'purchased all Normandy of him', on condition that they should be united.
Limits: A monastic chronicle known here through the 19th-century Ingram/Giles English translation; the Old English text was not checked. The record is what the Chronicle says, not independent confirmation. The Chronicle links the expedition to Pope Urban in the same entry but gives no number for the multitude; 'purchased' is the translation's word and the terms are not stated.
- Quoted from a published English translation, not from the original-language text.
Source: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English translation by J. Ingram, with J. A. Giles)Read the source