What is the author's tone in Chronicles of the Crusades by Jean de Joinville?

In the first book, the tone of the book is dry and factual. There is little information about the individuals within the story, but rather, information about the battles and the lands overtaken. While events are well explained, they are explained from a historical aspect, rather than a human aspect. This causes the tone of the story to be very dry and straightforward. While the author does interject the occasional story of the meeting of family or brothers, these moments are not "felt" by the reader, but are simply told to show a human side to soldiers, rather than to convey emotion.