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Alcuin of York
Alcuin of York was an English scholar and teacher who joined the court of Charlemagne in the late eighth century. He led the palace school and played a leading role in the Carolingian Renaissance, promoting education, the copying of texts and reforms of script and liturgy. He later became abbot of St Martin's at Tours.
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