Alcuin of York

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.