Jules Feiffer
American cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright
Alcuin
8th century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
Alcuin of York- also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria.
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About the Alcuin
Alcuin of York- also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s. Before that, he was also a court chancellor in Aachen. “The most learned man anywhere to be found”, according to Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne (c. 817-833), he is considered among the most important intellectual architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era.
Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. In 796, he was made abbot of Marmoutier Abbey, in Tours, where he worked on perfecting the Carolingian minuscule script. He remained there until his death.
3 Quotes by Alcuin
- 1.
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
Alcuin8th century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
- 2.
Man thinks, God directs.
Alcuin8th century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
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Those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
Alcuin8th century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher