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| | New Catholic Dictionary: Carlovingian Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | In 787 Charlemagne issued the famous capitulary on education and Theodulf, who succeeded Alcuin as court adviser, enacted that priests should establish free schools in every town and village. |
 | | Through the influence of Alcuin, Theodulf, Lupus, Rhabanus Maurus, and others, the Carlovingian revival spread to Rheims, Auxerre, Laon, Chartres, southern Germany, Switzerland, and northern Italy. |
 | | The schools of Utrecht, Liege, and Saint Laurent sprang up under the successors of Charlemagne. |
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