The Liberal Arts and the Polemic Strategy of the Opus Caroli Regis Contra Synodum (Libri Carolini).
Charlemagne is known, among other things, for his emphasis on education and the liberal arts in the Carolingian empire. The text Opus Caroli regis contra synodum from the 790s, traditionally called Libri Carolini, is written in opposition to the Byzantine empire and its rulers Irene and Constantine,...
| Publicado en: | Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 175 - 201 |
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2002
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