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Alcuin of York. Lectures delivered in the cathedral church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908
George Forrest Browne [1833-1930]


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Book Description

Title:
Alcuin of York. Lectures delivered in the cathedral church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908
Author:
Publication Year:
Location:
London
Publisher:
SPCK
Pages:
329
Subjects:
Alcuin of York, Medieval Church History
Copyright Holder:
Public Domain

Contents

  • Preface
  1. The authorship of the anonymous Life of Alcuin...
  2. Alcuin Finally Leaves for England...
  3. The large bulk of Alcuin's Letters and other writings...
  4. The school of York...
  5. The affairs of Mercia...
  6. Grant to Malmesbury by Eegfrith of Mercia
  7. List of the ten kings of Northumbria of Alcuin's time...
  8. Alcuin's letters to King Eardulf and the banished intruder Osbald...
  9. Alcuin's letter to all the prelates of England...
  10. Summary of Alcuin's work in France...
  11. Karl and Rome...
  12. Alcuin retires to the Abbey and School of Tours...
  13. Further details of the Public Library of Tours...
  14. Great Dispute on the right of sanctuary...
  15. Alcuin's letters to Charlemagne's sons...
  16. Examples of Alcuin's style in his letters, allusive, jocose, playful...
  17. Grammatical questions submitted to Alcuin by Karl...
  18. Alcuin's intest days...
  • Appendices
    1. A letter of Alcuin to Fulda
    2. The report of the papal legates, George and Theophylact, on their mission to England
    3. The original Latin of Alcuin's suggestion that a treatise by Felix should be sent to the Pope and three others
    4. The Donation of Constantine
    5. Haran Al Raschid and Charlemagne

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