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Question 21

Charlemagne paid for schools at his court and for the copying of older books. Which term do historians use for this revival of learning?

  1. The Italian Renaissance
  2. The printing revolution
  3. The Carolingian RenaissanceCorrect answer
  4. The revival of Roman law

Explanation

The name ties the revival to the dynasty that paid for it, and the work itself was the copying of manuscripts and the schooling of clergy so that texts and services would be accurate. The Italian movement of the fifteenth century catches readers out, because both are described as a rebirth of learning, but that later one came six hundred years afterwards and grew out of Italian cities rather than a royal court.

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