American medievalist Dana Carleton Munro ( 1913 -- 14 ) , according to Raedts , provided the best analysis of the sources to date .
Was the first to significantly provide a convincingly sober account of the Crusade stripped of legends .
American medievalist Dana Carleton Munro ( 1913 -- 14 ) , according to Raedts , provided the best analysis of the sources to date and was the first to significantly provide a convincingly sober account of the Crusade stripped of legends .