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Alcuin

, Albinus
735--804 ad, English scholar and theologian; friend and adviser of Charlemagne
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By incorporating pagan elements into his tales, and by retelling the old pagan myths, Tolkien was not simply creating a place of mediation, or a space in which the two worldviews could meet and interact: not simply explaining what paganism had to do with Christ, to rephrase Alcuin's question.
the immediate communities of practice that Bede and Alcuin were working within--the monks of Wearmouth-Jarrow and the scholars at Charlemagne's court, must have shared the linguistic repertoire of their authors.
Hrabanus's verbatim reproduction of Alcuin's presentation is simpler than that of Priscian, who dwells on the number of letters in this type of consonant compound.
Hence the true protagonists of this remarkable story are not the kings themselves but men like the prolific Carolingian poet, scholar, and letter writer Alcuin of York or the anonymous Irish author(s) of the seventh-century treatise "On the Twelve Abuses of the World" (De duodecim abusivis saeculi).
Bryan Waterman uses 'The Friendly Club' and Alcuin to illustrate the contemporary concern of whether sincere talk between the sexes was possible or if gallantry and delicacy forbade it.
In this chapter, Weinstock includes the expected discussions of Clara Wieland and several of the female characters from Ormond, but he also, happily, expands his coverage of Brown with discussions of Alcuin (1798)--his dialogue on the rights of women--and his penultimate novel Clara Howard (1801), which is written in the sentimental mode.
The fourth part, again with twelve contributions, examines collectors of books such as St Patrick, lona from 679 to 704, Adhelm, Bede, Alcuin, Cynewulf, King Alfred, Aelfric, Byrhtferth, Wulfstan of York and Rhygyfach ap Sullen and leuan ap Sullen and this section also has one (very interesting) essay on literacy in Anglo-Saxon England.
El ingles Alcuin Reid revisa el concepto de <<noble simplicidad>> a lo largo del siglo XX, y lo pone en relacion con el ars celebrandi propuesto por Benedicto XVI.
As the English liturgical scholar Alcuin Reid notes in his acclaimed study The Organic Development of the Liturgy (2005), at its best, the movement aimed to restore the habits of liturgical piety which had been undermined by secularism.
Alaric and Alcuin, 17 and 12 years old respectively, who have been living in Mumbai since 2011.
Englishman Alcuin, who met Charlemagne on a trip to Italy and later joined his court in Aachen, revived the teaching of the seven liberal arts and played a crucial role in saving manuscripts and building libraries.
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