Complex sentence: The chroniclers were usually biased against the rebel cause and typically portrayed the rebels, in historian Susan Crane's phrase, as "beasts, monstrosities or misguided fools", using a combination or derogatory and fearful language.
Split into simpler sentences: The chroniclers were usually biased against the rebel cause and this is reflected in their accounts. These writers typically portrayed the rebels, in historian Susan Crane's phrase, as "beasts, monstrosities or misguided fools", using a combination or derogatory and fearful language.