The School of Reims was the cathedral school

Cathedral school

Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools...

 of Reims Cathedral

Reims Cathedral

Notre-Dame de Reims is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned. It replaces an older church, destroyed by a fire in 1211, which was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. That original...

 in France

France

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 that was in operation during the Middle Ages

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Established by Archbishop Fulcon (822-900), the school attracted great names such as Hincmar, the Archbishop of Reims

Archbishop of Reims

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 between 845 and 882, the chronicler Flodoard

Flodoard

-Biography:He was born at Épernay, and educated at Reims in the cathedral school which had been established by Archbishop Fulcon .As canon of Reims, and favourite of the archbishops Herivaeus and Seulfus -Biography:He was born at Épernay, and educated at Reims in the cathedral school which had...

 (c. 893–966), Richerus

Richerus

Richer was a monk of St.-Remigius, just outside Reims, and a chronicler of the 10th century. He is not to be confused with Richer le Lorrain or Richer de Senones .-Life:...

, monk of Saint-Remi

Abbey of Saint-Remi

The Abbey of Saint-Remi is an abbey in Reims, France, founded in the sixth century. Since 1099 it has conserved the relics of Saint Remi , the Bishop of Reims who converted Clovis, King of the Franks, to Christianity at Christmas in AD 496, after he defeated the Alamanni in the Battle of...

 (died after 998), and Gerbert d'Aurillac (c.946–1003), who went to became Archbishop of Reims and later Pope Sylvester II.