Flodoard

Frankish chronicler
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Born:
893 or 894, probably at Épernay, Champagne [France]
Died:
March 28 or May 17, 966, probably at Reims

Flodoard (born 893 or 894, probably at Épernay, Champagne [France]—died March 28 or May 17, 966, probably at Reims) was a chronicler whose two major works, the Annales, a chronicle covering the period 919 to 966, and the Historia Remensis ecclesiae (“History of the Church in Reims”), provide the essential documentation for this period. After returning from a visit to Pope Leo VII in Rome, Flodoard became involved in a dispute between Herbert, Count of Vermandois, who wanted his son Hugh as archbishop of Reims, and Artauld, Flodoard’s patron. Herbert had Flodoard imprisoned for a time in 940–941. After the ...(100 of 160 words)