Alcuin of York
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Alcuin of York was an influential 8th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar, theologian, and educator who became a leading intellectual figure at Charlemagne’s court and helped shape the cultural and educational reforms of the Carolingian era.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcuin | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon
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Christian monk ⓘ Latin writer ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| advisorTo | Charlemagne ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Albinus
ⓘ
Flaccus Albinus ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 735 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Northumbria
ⓘ
York ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Basilica of Saint Martin
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica of Saint-Martin, Tours
|
| citizenship | Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ |
| deathDate | 804-05-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Carolingian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish Empire
Tours, France ⓘ
surface form:
Tours
|
| educatedAt | Cathedral School of York ⓘ |
| employer | Charlemagne ⓘ |
| era |
8th century
ⓘ
Carolingian period ⓘ
surface form:
Carolingian era
|
| givenName |
Alcuin of York
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alcuin
|
| influenced |
Carolingian educational policy
ⓘ
medieval Latin scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
educational reforms in the Carolingian Empire
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promoting liberal arts education ⓘ reforming the palace school at Aachen ⓘ standardizing the Carolingian minuscule script ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ |
| name | Alcuin of York self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De dialectica
ⓘ
Of Words ⓘ
surface form:
De grammatica
De rhetorica et virtutibus ⓘ Vita Willibrordi ⓘ letters ⓘ |
| occupation |
cleric
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poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ teacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
abbot of Marmoutier Abbey
ⓘ
abbot of Saint-Martin of Tours ⓘ master of the Palace School at Aachen ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Benedictine ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Aelbert of York
ⓘ
Ecgbert of York ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alcuin