Carolingian Renaissance
The term denotes a revival of the literary studies and the arts in the period of Emperor Charlemagne of the Franks (died 814). The revival of the education, expressed by establishing schools throughout the Empire, started by the renewed interest in the Latin literature and literature in the same court of Charlemagne in Aachen, under the impulse of the scholar Alcuin. One of the major achievements of the Carolingian Renaissance was the copy of many classical manuscripts, and the development of a new type of minuscule writing. As regards the architecture, the period is characterized by the reappearance of large-scale buildings in Europe (buildings such as the Cathedral of Aachen, will lead to the gradual appearance of the Romanesque).