John J. Contreni is a Professor in the Department of History, Purdue University, USA

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• Contents: Preface; 'Building mansions in Heaven': the Visio Baronti, Archangel Raphael, and a Carolingian king; The pursuit of knowledge in Carolingian Europe; Counting, calendars, and cosmology: numeracy in the early Middle Ages; Bede's scientific works in the Carolingian age; John Scottus and Bede; The early career and formation of John Scottus, (with Pádraig Ó'Néill); Carolingian biblical culture; 'By lions, bishops are meant; by wolves, priests': history, exegesis, and the Carolingian Church in Haimo of Auxerre's Commentary on Ezechiel; What was Emperor Augustus doing at a Carolingian banquet (Anth. Lat.² 719f)?; The Laon Formulary and the cathedral school of Laon at the beginning of the 10th century; Addenda; Indexes.

John J. Contreni is a Professor in the Department of History, Purdue University, USA

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• Contents: Preface; 'Building mansions in Heaven': the Visio Baronti, Archangel Raphael, and a Carolingian king; The pursuit of knowledge in Carolingian Europe; Counting, calendars, and cosmology: numeracy in the early Middle Ages; Bede's scientific works in the Carolingian age; John Scottus and Bede; The early career and formation of John Scottus, (with Pádraig Ó'Néill); Carolingian biblical culture; 'By lions, bishops are meant; by wolves, priests': history, exegesis, and the Carolingian Church in Haimo of Auxerre's Commentary on Ezechiel; What was Emperor Augustus doing at a Carolingian banquet (Anth. Lat.² 719f)?; The Laon Formulary and the cathedral school of Laon at the beginning of the 10th century; Addenda; Indexes.

John J. Contreni is a Professor in the Department of History, Purdue University, USA

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• Contents: Preface; 'Building mansions in Heaven': the Visio Baronti, Archangel Raphael, and a Carolingian king; The pursuit of knowledge in Carolingian Europe; Counting, calendars, and cosmology: numeracy in the early Middle Ages; Bede's scientific works in the Carolingian age; John Scottus and Bede; The early career and formation of John Scottus, (with Pádraig Ó'Néill); Carolingian biblical culture; 'By lions, bishops are meant; by wolves, priests': history, exegesis, and the Carolingian Church in Haimo of Auxerre's Commentary on Ezechiel; What was Emperor Augustus doing at a Carolingian banquet (Anth. Lat.² 719f)?; The Laon Formulary and the cathedral school of Laon at the beginning of the 10th century; Addenda; Indexes.