Alpert of Metz (died 1024) was a

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chronicler A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...

of the eleventh century. His ''De diversitate temporum'' is a major source for the history of Western Europe (particularly for France, Western Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands) in the period it covers, which is 990 to 1021. It was dedicated to

Burchard of Worms Burchard of Worms ( 950/965 – August 20, 1025) was the bishop of the Imperial City of Worms, in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the author of a canon law collection of twenty books known as the '' Decretum'', ''Decretum Burchardi'', or ''Decreto ...

. Alpert wrote other works, including a partial biography of Bishop

Dietrich I of Metz Dietrich of Metz (died 18 July 984) was Bishop of Metz from 964 until his death. He succeeded Adalbero I (929–962) as bishop of Metz. He founded the abbey of St Vincent, Metz.He assembled a large number of relics for thi He crowned Charles, Duke ...

.Diederik van Metz: see :nl:Diederik van Metz

References

*Hans van Rij, Sapir Abulafia (editors) (1980) ''Gebeurtenissen van deze tijd; Een fragment over bisschop Diederik I van Metz; De mirakelen van de heilige Walburg in Tiel''.

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* *Alpertus Mettensis
De diversitate temporum & De Theodorico I, episcopo mettensi
Codex hannoveranus 712a, Leiden 1908 {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpert of Metz 1024 deaths French chroniclers Benedictine monks 10th-century births 11th-century Latin writers 11th-century German historians