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Vol. 1 (2023)

Letters from the master to his disciples among shepherds’ meadows: Reminiscences from the Middle Ages

Wojciech Rucki

Pages: 107-115

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Abstract

Presented here is a translation of four poems by the Northumbrian monk Alcuin, advisor to Charlemagne, forming a mini-corpus which depicts the author as a teacher and creator of the educational and moral reform program of the reborn Roman Empire. The commentary points to the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity — especially the topics — and the attempts at remolding the material in the Christian spirit.

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