Alcuin: Achievement and Reputation (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 16) [Hardcover]

Donald A. Bullough (Author)

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Publication Date: January 2004 | ISBN-10: 9004128654 | ISBN-13: 978-9004128651

In this major intellectual biography of Alcuin (d. 804), the most prominent Anglo-Saxon scholar at the court of Charlemagne, Donald Bullough deploys a lifetime's expertise in the study of early medieval manuscripts. Concentrating on Alcuin's early years in Northumbria and then his time at the Carolingian court, Bullough reassesses the chronology of Alcuin's career and writings, assesses his use of patristic and insular writings, and explores the contemporary significance of his large output. At the core of this book lies a fundamental reassessment of the dating of Alcuin's letters: in so doing, it reveals the patterns of intellectual exchange and textual community that characterised the first phase of the Carolingian Renaissance. It thus offers a uniquely detailed and nuanced exploration of the life and ideas of the most influential early medieval scholar.

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Donald A. Bullough was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham (1966-1973) and then at the University of St Andrews (1973-91). An expert on early medieval manuscript and cultural history, he is also the author of The Age of Charlemagne (1965) and Carolingian Renewal: Sources and Heritage (1991).

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• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004128654
• ISBN-13: 978-9004128651
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Alcuin: Achievement and Reputation (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 16) (Hardcover)

This is the best book on Alcuin ever written and it will probably remain the best for at least the next three centuries.