Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella Ninth-Century Commentary Traditions on 'De nuptiis' in Context

"It is well known that the Carolingian royal family inspired and promoted a cultural revival of great consequence. The courts of Charlemagne and his successors welcomed lively gatherings of scholars who avidly pursued knowledge and learning, while education became a booming business in the great monastic centres, which were under the protection of the royal family. Scholarly emphasis was placed upon Latin language, religion, and liturgy, but the works of classical and late antique authors were collected, studied, and commented upon with similar zeal. A text that was read by ninth-century scholars with an almost unrivalled enthusiasm is Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, a late antique encyclopedia of the seven liberal arts embedded within a mythological framework of the marriage between Philology (learning) and Mercury (eloquence)."

"Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella : ninth-century commentary traditions on De nuptiis in context"
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"Carolingian scholarship and Martianus Capella ninth-century commentary traditions on 'De nuptiis' in context"
"Carolingian scholarship and Martianus Capella ninth-century commentary traditions on De nuptiis in context"
"Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella. Ninth-century commentary traditions on 'De nuptiis' in context"
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"Carolingian scholarship and Martianus Capella : ninth-century commentary traditions on De nuptiis in context"
"Carolingian scholarship and Martianus Capella : ninth-century commentary traditions on De nuptiis in context"@en