Alcuin of York - Educator of Kings

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1. The scholar Alcuin rose to great heights from "humble" beginnings? Where was he born? York Truro Coventry Newcastle-upon-Tyne

2. Alcuin taught for many years and was well known even in Rome. Who was Alcuin mostly famously supposed to have taught to read? Ethelred the Unready Charlemagne Edward the Confessor Gilberti Giannini

3. There are always such interesting tales from history as to where luminaries met and how they knew one another; the story of Alcuin and Charlemagne was no different. Where did Charlemagne meet up with Alcuin? On the road on the way back from Rome somewhere near Parma While waiting for an audience with the pope Praying in Notre Dame Cathedral after the funeral service for Charlemagne's son When Alcuin saved Charlemagne's crippled son Pepin from drowning in the Seine

4. Charlemagne was a great believer in education and even sent his daughters to school to learn reading and writing. What was the name of the school that Alcuin ran for Charlemagne? St. Hildegard’s Grammar and Latin There was no name; it was a travelling school St. Jerome’s Hinterland Common Cnaterbury Choir School

5. It was quite common in medieval times for a king or sovereign, even the pope, to bequeath, or even give a monastery or abbey to a faithful retainer. The income was the recipient's use as they pleased, be they churchmen or otherwise. What was the name of the abbey that Alcuin “owned”? St. Willath’s St. Matthew’s St. Eligius’ St. Andrew’s

6. Alcuin was known by many names, for example he was often called Ealhwine (sanctuary friend), and churchmen knew him as Albinus. But what did Charlemagne’s people often call him? Flaccus Virgil Horace Catullus

7. Alcuin was first and foremost a scholar. Both a teacher and a student he revered learning. What was Alcuin’s motto when it came to schooling and learning of all kinds? Teach in order to learn Learn in order to teach Those who can't do, teach A learned soul brings joy to God

8. Alcuin lived mostly in the 8th century but what was his "actual" life span? ca. 722 - July 22, 794 ca. 760 - August 812 ca. 743 - September 802 ca. 735 – May 19, 804

9. Alcuin had lived in monastic settings for almost all his life, it makes sense he would take Holy Orders. How old was Alcuin when he did take these Holy Orders? 17 He never took Holy Orders 26 42

10. Alcuin was well known for his passion for education but he was so, in part, because of a desire to stamp out a certain heresy which he believed could be silenced by education. What was the name of that particular heresy? Confusionism Arianism Adoptionism Gnosticism