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.

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Label Occurrences
Alcuin of York canonical 30
Alcuin 1
Alcuinus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Alcuin
influenced Carolingian educational policy ⓘ
medieval Latin scholarship ⓘ
knownFor educational reforms in the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northumbria → notablePerson → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Charlemagne → advisor → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Alcuin of York → name → Alcuin of York self-link ⓘ
Alcuin of York → givenName → Alcuin of York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alcuin
Einhard → studentOf → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Alcuin College → namedAfter → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Liudger → studentOf → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Liudger → contemporaryOf → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Kingdom of Northumbria → notablePerson → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Carolingian period → hasAdvisor → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Saint Ludger → influencedBy → Alcuin of York ⓘ
De rhetorica et virtutibus → author → Alcuin of York ⓘ
De dialectica → author → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Vita Willibrordi → traditionalAuthor → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Vita Willibrordi → attributedTo → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Ecgbert of York → notableStudent → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Ecgbert of York → influenced → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Ecgbert of York → educated → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Aelbert of York → student → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Aelbert of York → influenced → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Paulinus of Aquileia → notableStudent → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Carolingian court → notableMember → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Albinus → alsoKnownAs → Alcuin of York ⓘ
Albinus → alsoKnownAs → Alcuin of York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alcuinus
Flaccus Albinus → alsoKnownAs → Alcuin of York ⓘ