Medievalists.net » Alcuin http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Questions and Answers with Alcuin http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/questions-and-answers-with-alcuin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/questions-and-answers-with-alcuin/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:02:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60569 What are teeth? - The millstones of our biting.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/questions-and-answers-with-alcuin/feed/ 0 Soldier saints and holy warriors: Warfare and sanctity in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53811 This study examines hagiographers' changing literary tropes as subtle but important reflections of medieval Christianity's evolution from rejecting the sword to tolerating and even wielding it. H

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/soldier-saints-holy-warriors-warfare-sanctity-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 An aspect of Alcuin: ‘Tuus Albinus’ – peevish egotist? or parrhesiast? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/aspect-alcuin-tuus-albinus-peevish-egotist-parrhesiast/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/aspect-alcuin-tuus-albinus-peevish-egotist-parrhesiast/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:13:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53693 In over 270 letters from about a decade and a half, alcuin of york (†804) informed, advised, consoled and admonished contemporaries, reacted to current events, and maintained a circle of friends and partners in reciprocal prayer that extended from Jerusalem to Ireland and from rome to salzburg. Alcuin left york in the 780s to become a friend and chief advisor to Charlemagne.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/aspect-alcuin-tuus-albinus-peevish-egotist-parrhesiast/feed/ 0 Poultry and Predators in Two Poems From the Reign of Charlemagne http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/poultry-and-predators-in-two-poems-from-the-reign-of-charlemagne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/poultry-and-predators-in-two-poems-from-the-reign-of-charlemagne/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:06:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43824 Poultry and Predators in Two Poems From the Reign of Charlemagne By Jan Ziolkowski Denver Quarterly Volume 24, no. 3 (1990) Introduction: Were there animals in the myths, trickster tales, and fables told by the neolithic people who painted bison and deer on cave walls? Whatever the answer, there can be no doubt that animals […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/poultry-and-predators-in-two-poems-from-the-reign-of-charlemagne/feed/ 0 Religious and Cultural Boundaries between Vikings and Irish: The Evidence of Conversion http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/19/religious-and-cultural-boundaries-between-vikings-and-irish-the-evidence-of-conversion/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/19/religious-and-cultural-boundaries-between-vikings-and-irish-the-evidence-of-conversion/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:33:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42248 If we compare sources from England, the horror with which viking attacks were viewed is immediately apparent. The heathenism of vikings is stressed as one of their dire attributes in Alcuin’s famous response to news of the attack on Lindisfarne in 793. Literary accounts of vikings also became more lengthy and imaginative over time.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/19/religious-and-cultural-boundaries-between-vikings-and-irish-the-evidence-of-conversion/feed/ 0 Exegesis According to the Rules of Philosophy or the Rule of Faith?: Methodological Conflict in the Ninth-Century Predestination Controversy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/exegesis-according-to-the-rules-of-philosophy-or-the-rule-of-faith-methodological-conflict-in-the-ninth-century-predestination-controversy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/exegesis-according-to-the-rules-of-philosophy-or-the-rule-of-faith-methodological-conflict-in-the-ninth-century-predestination-controversy/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:48:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38104 The development of biblical exegesis, as Contreni shows, was rapid, but not homogeneous. On the one hand, one of the main ways to acquire biblical wisdom was to rely on the interpretations and teaching of the Holy Fathers, whose texts were studied, assimilated, simplified, collected, and taught. On the other hand, Alcuin’s revival of the liberal arts6 paved the way for the rise of another method of biblical exegesis.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/exegesis-according-to-the-rules-of-philosophy-or-the-rule-of-faith-methodological-conflict-in-the-ninth-century-predestination-controversy/feed/ 0 Christian Living Explained: Alcuin’s De virtutibus et vitiis liber in a Carolingian Instructional Manual http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/03/christian-living-explained-alcuins-de-virtutibus-et-vitiis-liber-in-a-carolingian-instructional-manual/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/03/christian-living-explained-alcuins-de-virtutibus-et-vitiis-liber-in-a-carolingian-instructional-manual/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:01:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36880 Another paper from the yesterday's SESSION I: Lived Religion in the Middle Ages. This paper focused on Alcuin of York's contribution to the standardisation of Carolingian Christian texts for pastoral instruction.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/03/christian-living-explained-alcuins-de-virtutibus-et-vitiis-liber-in-a-carolingian-instructional-manual/feed/ 0 The Great Lost Library of Alcuin’s York exhibition to take place at the University of York http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/29/the-great-lost-library-of-alcuins-york-exhibition-to-take-place-at-the-university-of-york/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/29/the-great-lost-library-of-alcuins-york-exhibition-to-take-place-at-the-university-of-york/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:37:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32219 A new series of multimedia exhibitions at the University of York will begin next month starting with the fascinating story of the great lost library of Alcuin and the research of Dr Mary Garrison from the University’s Department of History.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/29/the-great-lost-library-of-alcuins-york-exhibition-to-take-place-at-the-university-of-york/feed/ 0 The Alcuin number of a graph http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/28/the-alcuin-number-of-a-graph/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/28/the-alcuin-number-of-a-graph/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29707 A man had to transport to the far side of a river a wolf, a goat, and a bundle of cabbages. The only boat he could find was one which would carry only two of them. For that reason he sought a plan which would enable them all to get to the far side unhurt. Let him, who is able, say how it could be possible to transport them safely?

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