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The Carolingian Renaissance refers to the often-rejected but just as frequently resuscitated idea that a flowering of literature, the arts, architecture, jurisprudence, liturgical and scriptural studies occurred during and shortly after the reign of Charlemagne, that this flowering was consciously nurtured by the court, and that this flowering was connected to the renovation of the title Emperor for Charlemagne in the year 800.It is to be distinguished from the Renaissance as that term is most commonly used.
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Alcuin -- Benedict of Aniane -- Charlemagne -- Charles the Bald -- Ebbo -- Einhard -- Louis the Pious -- Nithard -- Notker the StammererNotker of St. Gall (familiarly known as Notker Balbulus, or Notker the Stammerer; c. 912) was a musician, poet and Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St. Gall at St. Gallen in Switzerland during the ninth century. He is known for his invention of the sequen -- Paul the DeaconPaul the Deacon (c. 720 13 April 800), also known as Paulus Diaconus Warnefridi and Cassinensis (i. of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk and historian of the Lombards. An ancestor named Leupichis entered Italy in the train of Alboin and received lan -- Rabanus MaurusRabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Benedictine monk, the archbishop of Mainz in Germany and a theologian. He was the author of the encyclopaedia On the Nature of Things''. He also wrote treatises o -- TheodulfTheodulf Bishop of Orleans, France, (born about A. 760 died at Angers, France, December 18, 821), a Visigoth either from a still-Christian portion of Spain (which had been conquered by Muslims after 710) or the South of France (which was a former possessi
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AachenAachen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46' N, 6°6' E. Population: 255,000 (2001). The RWTH Aachen University of Technolo -- FuldaFulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district. History Early Middle Ages The Benedictine monastery of Fulda (in what is now Hesse, Germany, was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a dis -- Germigny-des-Pres -- Abbey of St. GallThe Abbey of St. Gall (German, Sankt Gallen was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It's located in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The monastery was founded in 613 and named after Gallus, an Irishman. -- St. Riquier
Art historyPart of the Art history series. Pre-historic art Arts of the ancient world European art history Islamic art Arts of the Far East Contemporary art Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. Although ideas about the definition of art have
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