Early Medieval Europe
Early Medieval
- Chi-rho-iota
page from the Book of Kells, late 8th or early 9th century
- Saint Matthew
from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 698-721
- Equestrian
statuette of a Carolingian ruler, 9th century
- Saint Matthew
from the Coronation Gospels, c. 800-810
- Saint Matthew
from the Ebbo Gospels, c. 816-835
- Hildesheim
Doors, 1015
1. What was the only major
institution to survive the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
2. The term ‘Insular’
encompasses the art of what region?
3. Who are the four
evangelists and what are their symbols?
4. How did Charlemagne turn
his court at Aachen into a major centre of culture and learning?
5. What does Charlemagne’s ‘Renovatio’ (Renewal) refer to? What
was being renewed?
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