Fulbert of Chartres (born 960, died April 10, 1028) was a French scholar, teacher, and bishop of Chartres (1007-1028). Events Edgar the Peaceable crowned King of England. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Events November 12 - Dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus. ... Chartres is a town and commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir département. ... Aethelred buys two years of peace with the Danes for 36,000 pounds of silver. ... Events November 12 - Dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus. ...

Fulbert was a leading scholar and political figure in northern France in the first decades of the 11th century. In particular, his opinions on Canon law and Roman law were widely respected. Canon Law is the ecclesiastical law of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Ordinary Magistrates Extraordinary Magistrates Titles and Honors Emperor Politics and Law Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome. ...

His writings, especially his letters, provide an important source for eleventh-century French history. They are edited by Frederick Behrends in The Letters and Poems of Fulbert of Chartres (Oxford 1976). This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Among his students was Berengar of Tours, whose views on the Eucharist were denounced as heretical. Berengar of Tours (c. ... For other uses, see Eucharist (disambiguation). ...

In 1020, the cathedral of Chartres was badly damaged in a fire, and Fulbert rebuilt it, although the extent of his work is unclear. Part of the current crypt of the cathedral probably dates to his episcopate. Events Hospice built in Jerusalem by Knights Hospitaller City of Saint-Germain-en-Laye founded Third Italian campaign of Henry II of Germany Canute the Great codifies the laws of England Births Harold II of England (approximate) Empress Agnes of Poitou, regent of the Holy Roman Empire (d. ... Cathedral of Chartres The Cathedral of Chartres (Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), located in Chartres, about 50 miles (80 km) from Paris, is considered one of the finest examples in all France of the Gothic style of architecture. ...

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