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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811475803321

Autore

Bullough Donald A

Titolo

Alcuin : achievement and reputation : being part of the Ford lectures delivered in Oxford in Hilary Term 1980 / / by Donald A. Bullough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2004

ISBN

1-280-46706-1

9786610467068

1-4237-1208-0

90-474-0180-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (596 p.)

Collana

Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, , 0926-6070 ; ; v. 16

Disciplina

871/.03

B

Soggetti

Poets, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Great Britain

Educators - Great Britain

Education, Medieval

Northumbria (Kingdom) Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.  ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Publisher's Note; Donald Bullough Memoir; Preface; Chronology; List of Abbreviations; PART ONE; PART TWO; Indices

Sommario/riassunto

An intellectual biography of Alcuin, the most prominent Anglo-Saxon scholar at the court of Charlemagne. It examines his early years in Northumbria and his time at the Carolingian court, reassessing the chronology of Alcuin's career and writings, and the significance of his large output.