 Scenes of ceremonial moments, now often including large crowds, had become more popular, though battles retained their place.The "Grandes Chroniques de France" had its origin as a French translation of the Latin histories written and updated by the monks of Saint-Denis, who were, from the thirteenth century, official historiographers to the French kings.As first written, the "Grandes Chroniques" traced the history of the French kings from their origins in Troy to the death of Philip II (1223).