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Alcuin
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740–804 · 8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher

Also known as: Alkuin, Albinus Flaccus, Alchoin, Alchuine, Alcuin of York, Alcuinus

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Known works

  • Alcuin of York, c. A.D. 732 to 804
  • The bishops, kings, and saints of York
  • Carmina
  • L' oeuvre hagiographique en prose d'Alcuin
  • The rhetoric of Alcuin & Charlemagne