This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...guile." So anxious was Charles that the revival of learning should not fail for want of teachers, that we hear that on his return from Rome, of which we shall speak in another chapter, he brought back with him several teachers, well known as men of genius. These he distributed among the principal Frank ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...guile." So anxious was Charles that the revival of learning should not fail for want of teachers, that we hear that on his return from Rome, of which we shall speak in another chapter, he brought back with him several teachers, well known as men of genius. These he distributed among the principal Frank monasteries, and shortly afterwards, A.d. 787, sent round a famous letter or capitulary, addressed to the Abbot of Fulda, from which we will quote a few extracts. the ark and the tabernacle. Either in the lifetime of their royal patron, or after his death, all these scholars became great dignitaries of the Church, or ended their lives in monasteries of note.--" Guizot's History of France," Black's translation, He heads it thus: --" Charles, by the grace of God, King of the Franks and of the Lombards, and Patrician of the Romans, to Bangolfus, Abbot, and to his whole congregation, and to the faithful committed to his charge." After exhorting the Abbot to see that those under his charge not only led a regular life and one conformable to holy religion, but also gave time to the "study of letters," he goes on to say: "During past years we have often received letters from different monasteries, informing us that at their sacred services the brethren offered up prayers on our behalf; and we have observed that the thoughts contained in these letters, though in themselves most just, were expressed in uncouth language, and while pious devotion dictated the sentiments, the unlettered tongue was unable to express them aright! Hence there has arisen in our minds the fear lest, if the skill to write correctly were thus lacking, so too would the power of rightly comprehending the Holy Scriptures be far less than was...
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