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The Carolingian period represented a Golden Age for the abbey of St Gall, an Alpine monastery in modern-day Switzerland. Its bloom of intellectual activity resu

This richly illustrated study addresses the essential first steps in the development of the new phenomenon of the illuminated book, which innovatively introduce

Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most important contributions to European cu

An exciting examination of the entire history of the Carolingian 'dynasty' in western Europe. The author shows the whole period to be one of immense political,