How to pronounce“carolingian”in English
- That's a great quote. Um, Alcuin was not just a regular scholar, he was Charlemagne's favorite scholar and he's largely responsible, as much as one person can be, for the
Carolingian Renaissance that had done so much to elevate the early medieval world.
In fact, the spaces we have, the punctuation we have, spaces between words are likely a result of Alcuin's work. He was an extremely literate man, and you can hear the terror
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Definitions of “carolingian”
Of or pertaining to the Carolings, the members of a Frankish dynasty, descended from Charles Martel, which arose from the Pippinid and Arnulfingian clans in the 7th century and ruled parts of western Europe until the 9th century, reaching its peak under Martel's grandson Charlemagne.
“And thus the Empire was transferred from the Carolingian Family to the Saxons.”
Being or relating to a style of minuscule script.
A member of the Carolingian dynasty.
“A certaine Chronicler writ a pretty while agoe, that this King ſhould come of the houſe of France, and the race of Charlemaigne, according to that which was prophecied of him; Some ſay (ſaith he) that there is another common prophecy, that ſome of the Carolingians, that is of the race of King Charles, and bloud royall, ſhall have an Emperour of France, by name Charles, who ſhall bee Prince and Monarch over Europe, and ſhall reforme the Church and State.”