Editing Flodoard (section)

==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 (archbishop of Reims)|Fulk]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Glenn|first=Jason|title=Politics and History in the Tenth Century: The Work and World of Richer of Reims|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780521834872|location=Cambridge|pages=171–72}}</ref>

As a young canon of Reims, he gained prominent roles in the administrations of the archbishops [[Heriveus (archbishop of Reims)|Heriveus]] (900–22) and [[Seulf (archbishop of Reims)|Seulf]] (922–25), particularly in the cathedral [[scriptorium]]. Following Seulf's death in 925, the magnate [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois]] installed his four-year-old son, [[Hugh of Vermandois (bishop)|Hugh]], as the new archbishop. Flodoard refused to participate in the boy's election, and was stripped of his position and benefices.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roberts|first=Edward|title=Flodoard of Rheims and the Writing of History in the Tenth Century|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|isbn=9781316510391|location=Cambridge|pages=4}}</ref> In 931, Reims was captured from Count Herbert by King [[Rudolph of France|Raoul]] and Duke [[Hugh the Great]], who ejected Hugh and oversaw the election of a new archbishop, [[Artald of Reims|Artold]]. 

Flodoard appears to have regained his charges under Artold's leadership. In 936/7, he visited [[Rome]], perhaps on pilgrimage, where he met [[Pope Leo VII]]. Herbert recaptured Reims in 940, deposing Artold and reimposing his son Hugh on the see. Flodoard objected to the invasion of the bishopric on [[Canon law|canonical]] grounds; consequently, he was detained by Herbert and once again stripped of his prebends.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Politics and History|last=Glenn|pages=219, 223–224}}</ref> Between 943 and 946, Flodoard may have been away from Reims with Artold at the court of King [[Louis IV of France|Louis IV]]. In 946, Louis gained control of Reims with the assistance of the East Frankish ruler [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]]. Hugh was again deposed, and Artold was re-ordained. His claim to the see was eventually ratified at the 948 [[Synod of Ingelheim]], which Flodoard attended.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Politics and History|last=Glenn|pages=220–221}}</ref>

In 951, Flodoard was sent to Otto's court at [[Aachen]], where he represented the church of Reims in a property dispute, and he seems to have been involved in the administration of his church's property.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Edward|date=2014|title=Flodoard, the Will of St Remigius and the See of Reims in the Tenth Century|journal=Early Medieval Europe|volume=22|issue=2|pages=201–30|doi=10.1111/emed.12053|s2cid=161266737|url=https://kar.kent.ac.uk/65905/1/eme%20article%20footnotes%20version.pdf}}</ref> He retired from his canonical office in 963, aged 70, and died on 28 March 966.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Annales|last=Lauer|pages=160}}</ref>