Alcuin had come to Charlemagne’s court from the great Cathedral School of Durham. He was charged with founding the Palace School for the young nobles of Francia and teaching them the classical ...

Instead, mayors of the palace fulfilled a prime minister ... Charlemagne's reign ushered in the Carolingian Renaissance. Charlemagne set up religious schools across Europe. "He called in the ...

This bust of Charlemagne was created around 1350 ... No expense was spared in the design and construction. His palace included a school that recruited the best teachers in the land.

and became one of Charlemagne's chief advisers on religious and educational matters. Many schools of learning were attached to monasteries and cathedrals. Alcuin was made head of the palace school ...

Here he met the king of the Franks - King Charles the Great, known as Charlemagne (768-814 ... Alcuin was made head of the palace school at Aachen, which was attended by members of the royal ...

1. His father wasn’t born a king. Charlemagne’s father, Pepin III—often called Pepin the Short—was mayor of the palace (administrator of the royal court) before he was named the first king ...

In 814, Charlemagne was buried here. Charlemagne made the Frankish royal estate of Aachen, which had been serving a spa ever since the first century, his favourite abode. The main buildings of the ...

Here he met the king of the Franks - King Charles the Great, known as Charlemagne (768-814 ... Alcuin was made head of the palace school at Aachen, which was attended by members of the royal ...