Sed obsecro si vestrae placeat pietati ut exemplarium illius libelli domno dirigatur apostolico aliud quoque Paulino patriarchae similiter Richobono et Teudolfo episcopis doctoribus et magistris ut singuli pro se respondeant Flaccus vero tuus tecum laborat in reddenda ratione catholicae fidei tantum detur ei spatium ut quiete et diligenter liceat illi cum pueris suis considerare sensus quid unusquisque diceret de sententiis quas posuit prefatus subversor in suo libello et tempore praefinito a vobis ferantur vestrae auctoritati singulorum responsa et quidquid in isto libello vel sententiarum vel sensuum contra catholicam fidem inveniatur omnia catholicis exemplis destruantur et si aequaliter et concorditer cunctorum in professione vel defensione catholicae fidei resonant scripta intelligi potest quod per omnium ora et corda unus loquitur spiritus sin autem diversum aliquid inveniatur in dictis vel scriptis cuiuslibet videatur quis maiore auctoritate sanctarum scripturarum vel catholicorum patrum innitatur et huic laudis palma tribuatur qui divinis magis inhaereat testimoniis.
About This Book
Lectures present a chronological and analytical account of a Northumbrian scholar's career, covering his education at York, tenure as a teacher and monastic leader, move to the Frankish court, and influence on liturgy, learning, and ecclesiastical reform. The author draws on letters, a contemporary life, and other sources to discuss doctrinal disputes, monastic discipline, episcopal organization, manuscript culture, and networks of patronage. Close readings of correspondence and illustrative plates of relics, manuscripts, and monuments illuminate the intellectual habits, pedagogical methods, and practical challenges of early medieval church and school life.