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The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York
English, Latin
- GenresMedieval
332 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1983
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Alcuin
47 books7 followersborn perhaps 735
Anglo-Saxon prelate and scholar Alcuin, also Albinus led in the revival of learning in medieval Europe.
This English clergyman, poet, and teacher studied under Ecgbert, archbishop at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he led teachers at the Carolingian court as a figure in the 780s and 790s. During this period, he invented Carolingian minuscule, an easily read manuscript hand, using a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters.
Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. People made him abbot of Tours in Francia in 796 until his death. People consider him "the most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Life of Charlemagne (circa 817 - 833) of Einhard, among the most important architects of the Carolingian renaissance. His many pupils dominated intellectuals of the Carolingian era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin
Anglo-Saxon prelate and scholar Alcuin, also Albinus led in the revival of learning in medieval Europe.
This English clergyman, poet, and teacher studied under Ecgbert, archbishop at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he led teachers at the Carolingian court as a figure in the 780s and 790s. During this period, he invented Carolingian minuscule, an easily read manuscript hand, using a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters.
Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. People made him abbot of Tours in Francia in 796 until his death. People consider him "the most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Life of Charlemagne (circa 817 - 833) of Einhard, among the most important architects of the Carolingian renaissance. His many pupils dominated intellectuals of the Carolingian era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin
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November 27, 2023
Read as part of my Norman conquest module. I really enjoyed garrison’s essay on Alcuin’s grief that supports this
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