Alcuin
ALCUIN (730/40–804), also known as Albinus; educator, poet, theologian, and liturgist successively at York, the Carolingian court, and Saint-Martin's, Tours. The son of a Northumb...
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Alcuin
735-804
English educator and cleric, also known as Alcuin of York, who, in answering Charlemagne's call for a revival of learning, was instrumental in bringing about the Carolingian rena...
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Although Alcuin's importance as a central figure in the Carolingian Renaissance has never been seriously questioned, the quality of his literary production can be considered only part of the reason fo...
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The English churchman Alcuin of York (ca. 730-804) was an educator, statesman, and liturgist. In the total range of his talents he was unequaled by any other man of his time.Born in or near York, Alcu...
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