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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Alcuin 1

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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

Referenced by (8)

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Charlemagne advisor Alcuin of York
Alcuin of York givenName Alcuin of York self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alcuin
Alcuin of York name Alcuin of York self-link
Northumbria notablePerson Alcuin of York
Einhard studentOf Alcuin of York