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'Right from this book’s introduction, penned by Carine van Rhijn, it is clear that commonly used terms for the Carolingian cultural movement – renaissance, reform, correctio – fail to encapsulate the complexity and
multivalence of the period... This volume as a whole, and each of the chapters within it, seeks to correct our understanding of correctio, highlighting the ways in which the Carolingian movement was not always top-down, but rather made up of local individuals exercising their own agency and engaging in horizontal networks of knowledge, communication, and support... This volume addresses these issues and brings to
light new ways of thinking about the Carolingian reform movement.'
Early Medieval Europe 2025
'In her introduction (p. 1–31), Carine van Rhijn voices an outspoken challenge to current views on the subject. Emphasizing the importance of “local agency, not top-down regulation“ (p. 30) and discussing the meaning and scholarly use of terms such as “renaissance”, reformatio and correctio, both of which, in Carolingian contexts, exclusively referred to the rectification of a single person’s conduct, not to institutions or societies.'
C. Jakobi-Mirwald, Scriptorium, BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE
Arthur Westwell is wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universität Regensburg
Ingrid Rembold is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester
Carine van Rhijn is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Utrecht University
Introduction: rethinking the Carolingian reforms – Carine van Rhijn
1 Gender and horizontal networks in Carolingian monasticisms (up to c. 840) – Ingrid Rembold
2 Analysing Attigny: contextualising Chrodegang of Metz’s influence on the life of canons – Stephen Ling
3 A Carolingian ‘reform of education’? The reception of Alcuin’s pedagogy – Cinzia Grifoni and Giorgia Vocino
4 Correcting the liturgy and sacred language – Els Rose and Arthur Westwell
5 Error assessment: how to distinguish between true and false? – Irene van Renswoude
6 Reformatio and correctio in Carolingian theology and orthodoxy: reformation or aggiornamento? – Kristina Mitalaité
Index