Alcuin (735–804)
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A page from the Alcuin Bible, dated around 800, held in the British Museum. This is an outstanding example of Carolingian illumination, combining Celtic and Byzantine art, and with the lavish use of gold. Alcuin was an English writer and theologian who was one of the scholars gathering at the court of Charlemagne in the late 8th century. He became a leading educationalist, introducing Anglo-Saxon methods of learning to the Frankish world.
English scholar. Born in York, he went to Rome in 780, and in 782 took up residence at Charlemagne's court in Aachen. From 796 he was abbot at St Martin's in Tours. He disseminated Anglo-Saxon scholarship. Alcuin organized education and learning in the Frankish empire and was a prominent member of Charlemagne's academy, providing a strong impulse to the Carolingian Renaissance.
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