Flodoard
Sign in to saveFlodoard of Reims (; 893/4 – 28 March 966) was a Frankish chronicler and priest of the cathedral church of Reims in the West Frankish kingdom during the decades following the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. His historical writings are major sources for the history of Western Europe, especially France, in the early and mid-tenth century.
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- Born
- 894
- Died
- 966
- Works
- 14
Top works
- L'histoire de l'église métropolitaine de Reims
- Flodoards annaler
- Ecclesiae remensis canonici historiarvm eiusdem ecclesiae libri IV
- Flodoard von Reims
- Chroniques féodales, 918-978
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Key dates
- Born
- 894
- Died
- 28 March 966
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- West Francia
- Place of birth
- Épernay
- Place of death
- Reims
- Occupation
- archivist
- Languages spoken
- medieval Latin
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- medieval Latin
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Flodoard of Reims (; 893/4 – 28 March 966) was a Frankish chronicler and priest of the cathedral church of Reims in the West Frankish kingdom during the decades following the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. His historical writings are major sources for the history of Western Europe, especially France, in the early and mid-tenth century.
==Biography== The sources for Flodoard's life are almost exclusively his own writings. Local tradition holds that he was born at Épernay. He was educated at the cathedral school of Reims which had been established by Archbishop Fulk.