Description:Chapters: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alcuin of York (Latin: ) or Ealhwine, nicknamed Albinus or Flaccus (730s or 740s May 19, 804) was a scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure at court in the 780s and 790s. He wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. He was made abbot of Saint Martin's at Tours in 796, where he remained until his death. He is considered among the most important architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era. Alcuin of York had a long career as a teacher and scholar, first at the school at York now known as St Peter's School, York (founded AD 627) and later as Charlemagne's leading advisor on ecclesiastical and educational affairs. From 796 until his death he was abbot of the great monastery of St. Martin of Tours. The majority of details on Alcuin's life come from his letters and poems. There are also autobiographical sections in Alcuin's poem on York and in the Vita Alcuini, a Life written for him at Ferrieres in the 820s, possibly based in part on the memories of Sigwulf, one of Alcuin's pupils. Alcuin was born in Northumbria, presumably sometime in the 740s. His parents are unknown and little in fact can be made of his family background and origin. In common hagiographical fashion, the Vita Alcuini asserts that its subject was "of noble English stock" and ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=140We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 804 Deaths: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili. To get started finding 804 Deaths: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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804 Deaths: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili
Description: Chapters: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alcuin of York (Latin: ) or Ealhwine, nicknamed Albinus or Flaccus (730s or 740s May 19, 804) was a scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure at court in the 780s and 790s. He wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. He was made abbot of Saint Martin's at Tours in 796, where he remained until his death. He is considered among the most important architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era. Alcuin of York had a long career as a teacher and scholar, first at the school at York now known as St Peter's School, York (founded AD 627) and later as Charlemagne's leading advisor on ecclesiastical and educational affairs. From 796 until his death he was abbot of the great monastery of St. Martin of Tours. The majority of details on Alcuin's life come from his letters and poems. There are also autobiographical sections in Alcuin's poem on York and in the Vita Alcuini, a Life written for him at Ferrieres in the 820s, possibly based in part on the memories of Sigwulf, one of Alcuin's pupils. Alcuin was born in Northumbria, presumably sometime in the 740s. His parents are unknown and little in fact can be made of his family background and origin. In common hagiographical fashion, the Vita Alcuini asserts that its subject was "of noble English stock" and ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=140We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 804 Deaths: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili. To get started finding 804 Deaths: Alcuin, Qi Kang, Lu Yu, Giovanni Galbaio, Domnall Mac Aeda Muindeirg, Richbod, Saint Abundantia, Ibrahim Al-Mausili, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.