Rise of Carolingian Renaissance

The Carolingian Renaissance was a revival of learning, writing and the arts at the court of Charlemagne and his successors in the Frankish realm. Charlemagne gathered scholars from across Europe, including the English cleric Alcuin of York, and set up a palace school at Aachen and schools at monasteries and cathedrals. Scribes developed Carolingian minuscule, a clear script that became the basis of later lowercase letters, and they copied classical and Christian texts that might otherwise have been lost. Architecture and manuscript painting also flourished. The movement helped preserve the heritage of Latin culture and shaped medieval education.

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