For many years Bernard of Chartres seemed the Socrates of the twelfth century--famous for the profound impression he made upon renowned students such as Gilbert of Poitiers and William of Conches but not known as an author in his own right. Bernard has...

Bernard of Chartres(Died C. 1124–1130) Bernard of Chartres, a Breton and elder brother of Theodoric of Chartres, was a master at Chartres at periods during the second and third decades of the twelfth century and became chancellor at least by...

(d. 1124–30). Most of our knowledge of Bernard comes through John of Salisbury’s Metalogicon. John studied with Gilbert of Poitiers, William of Conches, and Richard the Bishop, who were all Bernard’s pupils at Chartres when he was...

Bernard of Chartres (Bernardus Carnotensis) (d. after 1124) was a twelfth-century French Neo-Platonist philosopher, scholar, and...

"Pilgrimage: journey to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion; a long journey, especially one to see or visit a special place; life thought of as a journey." I had frequently seen ads in Catholic papers advertising pilgrimages to the...

The Labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral is a hidden treasure. It was placed in the West end of the Nave around the year 1201. It is a forty-- two foot, circular pattern, inlaid in brown quarry stone with black onyx to outline the path. This...