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Rabanus Maurus Magnentius
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , c.780-856, German scholar and theologian. His name appears also as Hrabanus and Rhabanus. A student under Alcuin , he was later abbot of Fulda (822-42); his zeal for learning and his excellent administration made the school and library at Fulda an outstanding source of i...
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abbey
abbey monastic house, especially among Benedictines and Cistercians, consisting of not less than 12 monks or nuns ruled by an abbot or abbess. Many abbeys were originally self-supporting. In the Benedictine expansion after the 8th cent., abbeys were often important centers of learning and peaceful ...
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Einhard
Einhard or Eginhard , c.770-840, Frankish historian. Educated in the monastery of Fulda, he continued his studies at Charlemagne's palace school in Aachen and rose to high favor with the emperor. Emperor Louis I made Einhard tutor or adviser to his son Lothair. Later he became the abbot of sever...
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Gottschalk
Gottschalk or Gottschalck , d. c.868, German theologian; son of the count of Saxony. He was placed as a boy in the monastery of Fulda (c.822). He did not wish to be a monk but was forced by Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , his superior, to remain. In 829 a synod freed him of his vows, but he went to...
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Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface , c.675-754?, English missionary monk and martyr, called the Apostle of Germany, b. Devonshire, England. His English name was Winfrid. He was educated in the monastery of Nursling, near Winchester. In 716 he made his first trip to Friesland to aid the mission of St. Willibrord, but un...
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Kassel
Kassel , city (1994 pop. 202,160), Hesse, central Germany, on the Fulda River. It is an industrial, rail, and cultural center. Manufactures include textiles, optical and precision instruments, locomotives, and motor vehicles. Kassel was mentioned in 913 and was chartered in 1198. It became (1567) th...
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Ottonian art
Ottonian art , art produced (c.900-1050) in the East Frankish kingdom of Germany known, after the emperors Otto (936-1002), as the Ottonian kingdom. Influenced by Byzantine and Carolingian forms, Ottonian basilicas, such as St. Michael at Hildesheim (1001-36), are simple, blocklike, symmetrical stru...
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Carolingian architecture and art
Carolingian architecture and art art forms and structures created by the Carolingians . Toward the beginning of the Carolingian Period, in the 8th cent., a gradual change appeared in Western culture and art, a change that later reached its apex under Charlemagne .
Carolingian Architecture
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Hesse
Hesse , Ger. Hessen, state (1994 pop. 5,800,000), 8,150 sq mi (24,604 sq km), central Germany. Wiesbaden is the capital. It is bounded by Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the south, Rhineland-Palatinate in the west, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in the north, and Thuringia in the ...
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German art and architecture
German art and architecture artistic works produced within the region that became politically unified as Germany in 1871 generally followed the stylistic currents of Western Europe.
The Carolingian and Ottonian Periods
Carolingian architecture and art are commonly considered to have bee...
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