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FULBERT OF CHARTRES
(ca 960–1028). Born of humble parents probably in Aquitaine, perhaps Poitou, Fulbert
studied at Reims under Gerbert of Aurillac (later Pope Sylvester II), the outstanding
master of the day. Fulbert became master of the cathedral school at Chartres in the 990s
and served as master and chancellor before becoming bishop of Chartres in 1006. He had
a close association with King Robert II the Pious of France, a schoolmate of Fulbert’s at
Reims. Fulbert was particularly well versed in law and medicine and was familiar with
the astronomical works that had been recently translated from the Arabic. Although
intellectually conservative (he avoided the new discipline of dialectics), his teaching
attracted one of the most dialectical thinkers of the time: Berengar of Tours, condemned
for his novel eucharistic opinions.
After the cathedral burned in 1020, Fulbert began a campaign to rebuild it, a project
made possible by the generosity of King Canute of England and Denmark, as well as
King Robert of France. The new, spacious crypt constructed by Fulbert remains the
largest crypt in France and became the basis for all further construction at the site. The
new crypt was meant to accommodate the pilgrims who came to venerate the holy relic of
the sancta camisia, a garment reputed to have been worn by Mary when she gave birth to
Jesus; it was enshrined at Chartres from the 9th century forward and is still possessed by
the cathedral. Fulbert was an avid promoter of devotion to the Virgin.
Fulbert was also a reformer who campaigned against simony (buying and selling
church offices) and clerical marriage. Like most bishops of his day, Fulbert was both a
churchman and a feudal lord, and he knew first-hand the tension of dual allegiances. In a
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