Events from 1027

Cnut's pilgrimage to Rome - attends Conrad II's imperial coronation, negotiates for English traders

Robert the Magnificent becomes Duke - rebels against brother Richard III who dies mysteriously

Henry I crowned co-king at Reims - Robert II associates eldest surviving son after deaths of older brothers

Saint Odilo of Cluny promotes the Truce of God movement, forbidding warfare on certain holy days - spreads from Cluny throughout France