Alpert of Metz
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Alpert of Metz was a Benedictine
chronicler of the eleventh century. His De diversitate temporum is a major source for the history of Western Europe (particularly for France and the Netherlands) in the period it covers, which is 990 to 1021. It was dedicated to Burchart of Worms.
Alpert wrote other works, including a partial biography of Bishop Dietrich I of Metz
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Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
chronicler of the eleventh century. His De diversitate temporum is a major source for the history of Western Europe (particularly for France and the Netherlands) in the period it covers, which is 990 to 1021. It was dedicated to Burchart of Worms.
Alpert wrote other works, including a partial biography of Bishop Dietrich I of Metz
Dietrich I of Metz
Dietrich of Metz was Bishop of Metz from 964 until his death. He was the son of Hedwig of Nordgau and Siegfried of Luxembourg.He succeeded Adalbero I as bishop of Metz...
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