20. The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000: Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne

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Teaches Charlemagne's court and the Carolingian Renaissance of learning. Paul Freedman's Yale survey is a clear, well-paced and widely recommended introduction to late antiquity and the early medieval world.

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Yale Early Middle Ages, lecture 20: Charlemagne's court and the Carolingian Renaissance of learning.

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