Alcuin of York

by G. F. Browne

INDEX

• A
• Abrenuntiatio diaboli, [295].
• Abulabaz, [289], [324].
• Acca, [137].
• Adalbert, [2], [27].
• Adoptionism, [24], [174].
• Adoration of Charlemagne, [190], [191].
• Aigulf, [32].
• Aimoin, [322].
• Albert (York), [16], [53], [80].
• Albinus (Alcuin), [15].
• Alchfrith, [8].
• Alchred, [122].
• Alcuin, called Flaccus, [1];
• Albinus, [15];
• studies Virgil, [2], [11];
• conversion, [11];
• trained by Ecgbert, [12],
• by Albert, [16];
• a vision, [18];
• ordained deacon, [19];
• master of the School of York, [20];
• joins Karl, [22];
• revisits England, [24];
• returns to France, [24];
• refutes Felix, [25], [176], [299];
• wishes to retire to Fulda, [26];
• manner of life, [26];
• knowledge of secrets, [2], [29], [30], [33], [34], [223];
• extinguishes fire, [37];
• writings, [42], [51-3],
• poem on York, [ch. iv],
• lesser poems, [268], [277], [298],
• a riddle, [268];
• drinks wine, [45],
• beer (not English, [267]), [45 n.];
• interview with the devil, [43];
• death, [46], [303];
• miracles, [49];
• alms for his soul, [224];
• his chief dates, [52], [85], [172];
• the pallium, [77];
• inherits the library of York, [84];
• a fisherman, [268];
• liturgical work, [260], [308];
• singing, [260];
• interest in missions, [285-9];
• Bibles, [257];
• advises reference to Hadrian, [177-9];
• settles at Tours, [202];
• his styles, [264-9];
• mentions Eginhart, [283];
• is mentioned by Eginhart, [284];
• praised by William of Malmesbury, [52];
• described by Theodulf, [45 n.], [245].
• Alcuin’s letters to:—
• Abbat, an, [285].
• Adalhard, [264].
• Arno, [170], [235], [268], [270], [271], [273-6], [287], [289], [298], [299], [300].
• Athilhard, [94], [115], [116], [117].
• Beornwin, [98].
• Bishop, a, (sanctuary), [234].
• Britain, the pontiffs of, [157].
• Candida Casa, [301].
• Candidus and Nathanael, [231].
• Charles (Karl’s son), [248], [250].
• Colcu, [150], [286].
• Cuckoo, the, [168], [169].
• Dunwich and Elmham, [159], [301].
• Eanbald I, [161].
• Eanbald II, [164], [166], [167].
• Eardulf, [141].
• Elmham and Dunwich, [159], [301].
• Etheldryth, [146], [148].
• Fulda, [305].
• Gisla and Rotruda, [253].
• Hexham, [137].
• Hibernia, [153].
• Higbald, [132], [170], [287].
• Jarrow, [135].
• Joseph, [267].
• Karl, [117], [191], [202], [208], [238], [247] (?), [254], [287], [300], [301], [302].
• Kenulf, [109].
• Leo III, [77].
• Lindisfarne, [132], [135].
• Mayo, [154].
• Megenfrid, [288].
• Mercian, a, [107].
• Offa, [93], [103].
• Osbald, [143].
• Paulinus, [270].
• Pepin, [252].
• Peter of Milan, [270].
• Pontiffs of Britain, [157].
• Remedius, [270].
• Rotruda, [253].
• Theodulf, [206].
• Uulfhard, [205].
• Wearmouth, [135].
• York, [162].
• Aldhelm, [52], [107].
• Aldric, [2].
• Alfwold, [123].
• Alps, [269-72].
• Amalgarius, [242].
• Anglo-Saxon, Coronation Forms, [261-3].
• Anglo-Saxon, Earliest Examples of, [296], [297].
• Archpresbyters, [230].
• Areida, [151].
• Arno, [47], [276].
• Aust, [114].
• B
• Baldhuninga, [151].
• Balther, [79].
• Bede, letter to Ecgbert, [ch. iii].
• Bede, Story of, [70].
• Beer, [45 n.]
• Beer, acid in Northumbria, [267].
• Benedict of Aniane, [30].
• Beornrad, [7].
• Bewcastle Cross, [9], [57], [296].
• Bibles, Alcuin’s, [257].
• Billfrith, [125].
• Biscop, [127].
• Bishops, their conduct, [55].
• Bishops, dioceses too large, [57].
• Bishops, election of, [163].
• Boniface, [26], [285], [305].
• Boniface, his abrenuntiatio diaboli, [295].
• Bouulf, [307].
• Bremen, [285].
• British Museum, Alcuin’s Bible, [257].
• C
• Ceolfrith, [78].
• Charlemagne, see [Karl].
• Chur, [269].
• Coire, [269].
• Colcu, [150-3].
• Cold in the Alps, [271-3].
• Columba, see [Rotruda].
• Comb, riddle of, [269].
• Constantine Copronymus, [201].
• Constantine the Great, Donation by, [195], [320].
• Constantine VI, [193].
• Cormery, [31], [223-8].
• Coronation Forms, Anglo-Saxon, [261-3].
• Cuckoo, the (Cuculus), Arno’s letter to, [276].
• Cuckoo, Alcuin’s lament on, [277].
• D
• Danes, [126].
• Devil, interview of Alcuin with, [43];
• of St. Martin, [44].
• Dictated letters, &c., [7].
• Donation of Constantine, [195], [320], [321].
• Drithelme, vision of, [273].
• Dunwich, [159], [301].
• E
• Eadbert, [76], [122].
• Eadfrith, [125].
• Eanbald I (York), [21], [161].
• Eanbald II, [163-9].
• Eanred, [124].
• Eardulf, [123].
• Eata, [79].
• Ecgbert (Ireland), [8].
• Ecgbert (York), [12], [13], [53], [54], [76].
• Ecgfrith, [106].
• Eginhard (Bezaleel), [33], [283], [284].
• Elephants, [289-92].
• Elfwald, [124].
• Elmham, [159], [301].
• Epternach, [6].
• Ethelred I, [123].
• Ethelred II, [124].
• Ethelwald, [122], [125].
• F
• Felix, [174-9], [298].
• Ferrières, [1], [28].
• Frankfort, Council of, [183].
• Fredegisus (Fridugisus), [27], [226], [227], [256].
• Fulda, [26], [Appendix A].
• G
• George, legate, [310].
• Gisla (Lucia), [253];
• letter to Alcuin, [254], [256].
• Graduale, [260].
• Gregory, Pope, the Pastoral Care, [169-71].
• H
• Hadrian I, [21];
• raises Lichfield to an Archbishopric, [ch. v];
• fears Offa, [92];
• to be consulted on a treatise of Felix, [177];
• letter to Karl, [323].
• Harun al Raschid, [324].
• Hereditary descent, [5-7].
• Hexham, [137].
• Higbald, [132].
• Huguenots, [210].
• I
• Image-worship, [181-3].
• Irene, [193].
• Itherius, [217], [224-6].
• J
• Jaenbert of Canterbury, despoiled, [ch. v].
• Jarrow, [127], [135].
• Joseph, Archbishop of Tours, [ch. xiv].
• K
• Karl, [21], [22];
• visits Alcuin at Tours, [31];
• loved foreigners, [33];
• invites Alcuin, [54];
• quarrels with Offa, [98];
• letters to Offa, [99], [119];
• letter to Athelhard, [120];
• his visits to Rome, [186-91];
• grants to Cormery, [225];
• blames the brethren of St. Martin’s, [ch. xiv];
• letter to Alcuin (sanctuary), [235];
• described by Theodulf, [245];
• questions to Alcuin, [280-4];
• described by Eginhart, [284].
• Kenulf, [93], [111].
• L
• Languages of Carolingian times, [292-6].
• Lectores, [317].
• Legates, papal, [91], [310].
• Leo III deprives Lichfield, [ch. vi];
• charges against, [188-90];
• crowns Charlemagne as Emperor, [190].
• Libraries, at the Cathedral Church of Tours, [220];
• Marmoutier, [221];
• St. Martin’s, [222];
• Tours and the neighbourhood, [219], [222];
• York, [84], [85].
• Libri Carolini, [183].
• Lichfield, made an Archbishopric, [ch. v].
• Lindisfarne, [125-7], [132].
• Liturgies, [260].
• Louis, son of Karl, [31].
• Lucia, see [Gisla].
• Luitgard, [245].
• M
• Malmesbury, William of, [51], [92], [113], [224], [272];
• property restored, [106].
• Maluin, [317].
• Manuscripts, Alcuin sends to York for, [203];
• of Coronation Forms, [261-3].
• Marmoutier, [212].
• Martin, see [St.]
• Martinensian Bishops, [217], [228].
• Mayo of the Saxons, [153-6].
• Mercia, Archbishopric of, [ch. v].
• Missions, [285].
• Monasteries, suppression of, [59-61];
• hereditary descent, [62];
• bad state of, [65].
• N
• Nathanael, see [Fredegisus].
• Nicephorus, [323].
• Ninian, [301].
• Northumbria, list of kings, [122-4].
• O
• Oeren, [6].
• Offa, [ch. v]; [Appendix B].
• Orleans, [206], [232].
• Osbald, [141].
• Osred, [123].
• Osulf, [23], [25].
• Oswulf, [122].
• P
• Pallium, for York, [76], [77];
• for Lichfield, [ch. v].
• Pandect, [258].
• Pastoral Care, the, [169-71].
• Paul, see [Peter and].
• Pepin, son of Karl, [31], [252].
• Peter and Paul, Saints, [187], [197], [320-3].
• Peter, St., his long letter to the Franks, [199].
• Pettau, [303].
• Pilgrimages, evils of, [65].
• Popes, gifts to, [92], [111];
• charges against, [188-190];
• adoration by, [191].
• Purton, [106].
• Pyttel, [317].
• R
• Raganard, [27-9].
• Remedius (Remigius), [269].
• Ripon, [8].
• Rotruda (Columba), [193], [253], [256];
• letter to Alcuin, [254].
• Runes, [9], [296], [297].
• Rustica, Romana, [293].
• S
• Sanctuary, right of, [ch. xiv].
• Saxon, early, [295].
• Scriptures, revision of, [253-9].
• Sigha, [16].
• Sigulf, [1], [20], [27], [49].
• Silk robes, [290], [302].
• Singing, [260].
• Spurn Point, [4].
• St. Martin, scenes in his life, [38-41], [44];
• at Tours, [212], [214], [221].
• St. Martin’s, Tours, fire at, [36];
• status of, [216];
• bishops of, [217], [228].
• Sulpicius Severus, [38], [44], [221].
• Synod, Mercian, [92], [317];
• Northumbrian, [311].
• T
• Tetbury, [106].
• Theodulf of Orleans, [206], [ch. xiv], [245];
• describes Karl, [245];
• describes Alcuin, [45 n.], [235].
• Theophylact, legate, [310].
• Theotisc (Deutsch), [294].
• Tithes, [287].
• Tours, Alcuin settles at, [202];
• character of the brethren, [204], [ch. xiv];
• its amenity defended by Alcuin, [209];
• fees at the School, [209];
• the Church of St. Martin, [210-13];
• the Cathedral Church, [213], [214];
• Public Library, [214-16], [219-23];
• Secularisation of St. Martin’s, [216-18];
• two sets of bishops, [217], [228].
• Transubstantiation, [179], [184].
• Trèves, [6].
• U
• Uulfhard, [22], [205].
• Uilhaed (Willehad), [285].
• V
• Vetulus, [1].
• Violence in Northumbria, [123].
• W
• Waldramn, [27], [44].
• Wearmouth, [127], [135].
• Westbury on Trym, [114].
• Whithorn, [301].
• Wido, [239].
• Wighod, [311].
• Wilgils, [4], [5].
• Willibrord, [2-9].
• Wine, [45 n.], [205-8], [267], [277].
• Withso (variously spelled), [27].
• Y
• York, Bishops and Saints of, [ch. iv];
• Cathedral Church of, [80-4];
• Library of, [84], [85];
• School of, [53], [68-70].

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