Carolingian Schools

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Carolingian Schools. During the reign of Charlemagne (768–814) there was a lasting intellectual Renaissance. Responsibility for this revival rests largely with Charlemagne himself and his advisers Alcuin and Theodulf of Orléans. In 787 Charlemagne issued a capitulary ordering that in all monasteries and bishops' houses there should be study and ‘let those who can, teach’. Later capitularies demanded the establishment of schools. A Palace School was attended by members of the court, children of the nobility, and other laity. Most schools of the period, however, were connected with cathedrals and monasteries. The Carolingian schools were not outstanding for originality of thought, but they restored Latin to the position of a literary language, and their scholars were largely responsible for the formation of a more accurate orthography. They also copied and preserved texts of the classics, both Christian and pagan.

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