Charles the great also known as Charlemagne, was known for his driven passion to make things right; he shaped literacy forever and we are now able to see that through his works. The Carolingian Renaissance did a lot of good things that has shaped the world today. Charles the Great inherited the Frankish Kingdom after his brother died in 771. His interest in seeing the church function effectively led him to encourage a basic educational system based in monasteries. This is what led to the Carolingian Renaissance.
The Carolingian Renaissance did a lot of good things that has shaped the world today. One of those were the preparing of religious texts. Charlemagne felt like with the texts were in bad shape. They had become hard to read because they didn’t have …show more content…
Prior to and during the beginning of Charlemagne monarchy most if not all of the monks had been at an illiterate standstill. It had been difficult for these monks and or priests to understand manuscripts that had been written much less write them. Charlemagne brought them out of this illiteracy by creating reformation of schools and course studies. Also, it is said that Charlemagne convinced Alucin to come to Aachen to bring these course studies. This was intended to teach the clergy and monks. Conclusively this is where one might find the origins of the seven liberal arts: comprised grammar (how to write), rhetoric (how to speak) and logic (how to think) while the “quadrivium”was made as the mathematical arts, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music. These were all arts that were taught and studied by the monks from Charles the Great. (Restoration of Charles the Great) In addition to that this was the start of the classical period. Students then began to read Homer, Plato, Virgil and other literary texts. By this time manuscripts were not only being copied but they could also be read effectively. To read and to write for the monks wasn’t as
The Carolingian Renaissance did a lot of good things that has shaped the world today. One of those were the preparing of religious texts. Charlemagne felt like with the texts were in bad shape. They had become hard to read because they didn’t have …show more content…
Prior to and during the beginning of Charlemagne monarchy most if not all of the monks had been at an illiterate standstill. It had been difficult for these monks and or priests to understand manuscripts that had been written much less write them. Charlemagne brought them out of this illiteracy by creating reformation of schools and course studies. Also, it is said that Charlemagne convinced Alucin to come to Aachen to bring these course studies. This was intended to teach the clergy and monks. Conclusively this is where one might find the origins of the seven liberal arts: comprised grammar (how to write), rhetoric (how to speak) and logic (how to think) while the “quadrivium”was made as the mathematical arts, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music. These were all arts that were taught and studied by the monks from Charles the Great. (Restoration of Charles the Great) In addition to that this was the start of the classical period. Students then began to read Homer, Plato, Virgil and other literary texts. By this time manuscripts were not only being copied but they could also be read effectively. To read and to write for the monks wasn’t as