Gerbert fut un philosophe et un savant curieuxde tout, passionn� de math�matiques commed'astronomie, aussi bon connaisseur de lascience arabe que de la culture antique. �lev� �Saint-G�raud d'Aurillac et form� en Catalogne, �col�trede la cath�drale de Reims (c'est-�-dire responsable del'un des tout premiers centres d'enseignement enOccident), il fut le plus grand � intellectuel � de son temps.Abb� du tr�s riche monast�re italien de Bobbio, archev�quede Reims, puis de Ravenne, avant d'occuper le tr�nede saint Pierre de 999 � 1003 sous le nom de Sylvestre II,ce simple moine auvergnat � la personnalit� tr�s affirm�esut �tre, au terme d'une surprenante ascension sociale,un homme d'influence et de pouvoir. Grand politique, ilfut le pr�cepteur et l'ami de l'empereur Otton III, etl'�lection d'Hugues Capet ne se serait pas faite sans sonintervention aupr�s du haut clerg� franc? Enfin, c'estgr�ce � ses initiatives que virent le jour les �glises nationalesde Hongrie et de Pologne qui sont aujourd'hui parmiles plus florissantes.

Qu'il s'agisse des affaires politiques, des probl�mesreligieux, du d�bat des id�es, il a imprim� sur la fin duXe si�cle sa marque ind�l�bile.

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Professeur �m�rite d'histoire m�di�vale � l'Universit� deParis X-Nanterre, Pierre Rich� est l'un des meilleurs sp�cialistesdu haut Moyen �ge et de sa culture. On lui doit, entreautres travaux, des livres tr�s neufs sur �ducation et Culturedans l'Occident barbare (1973), �coles et Enseignementdans le haut Moyen �ge (1979), une Vie quotidienne �l'�poque carolingienne, une grande synth�se, LesCarolingiens, une famille qui fit l'Europe (1983),L'Enfance au Moyen �ge (avec Dani�le Alexandre-Bidon,1994) et Abbon de Fleury, moine savant etcombatif (2004).

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