The nationalities of the 70 authors

Fourteen French: Monk Bernard, Bishop Odolric, Pope Urban II, Richard the Blessed, Cardinal Gilon, The Pontificale of Poitiers, Fulcher, Chronicle of St Maxentius, Codex L, Bartolf, Ambrose, Guibert de Nogent, Peter the Venerable, Philip of Flanders.

Nine Englishmen: William of Malmesbury, William Dugdale, Bishop Leofric, Abbot Richard, John Mandeville, Margan Annals, The Peterborough Chronicle, one anonymous, Charles Warren.

Seven Byzantine Greeks: Arethas of Caesarea, Niketas, Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, Perdikas the Ephesian, Monk Ananias, one anonymous (codex of Milan), Bishop Joasaph.

Six Germans: Othmarus, Ekkehard, Albert of Aachen, Theodorich, Johann Schiltberger, Chronicle of Erfurt.

Five Muslim Arabs: al-Jahiz, al-Masudi, Ibn al-Qass, Ibn Shaddad, Yaqut.

Five Armenians: Kirakos Gantzaketsi, Matthew of Edessa, Symeon Lehatsi, Grigor Daranagetsi, Patriarch Daniel.

Four Italians: Leo of Ostia, Caffaro, Bartholomew of Brescia, one anonymous (Historia Belli Sacri).

Four Persians: al-Masihi, al-Biruni, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Ali of Herat.

Three Russians: Abbot Daniel, archimandrite Grethenios, Vasili Posniakov.

Three Icelanders: Niculas Bergsson, two anonymous.

Two Egyptians: Ibn al-Qulzumi, Bishop John.

Two Chaldeans: Patriarch Makikha, Abdisho IV Maron.

One Syrian: Basil of Emesa.

One Ethiopian: Emperor Zera Yacob.

One Moldavian: Parthenius Ageev.

One Flemish Belgian: Patriarch William I.

One Austrian: presbyter Othmarus.

One Swiss: Felix Fabri.