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  1. Here is the problem we have seen: monasteries have been sending us letters full of good intentions but full of bad writing.

    The thoughts were right.

    The sentences were a mess.

    That worries us.

    If the monks can’t write clearly, can they really understand the Scriptures clearly?

    We think the two go together.

    Sloppy writing often means sloppy thinking. And sloppy thinking about the Bible is far more dangerous than sloppy writing.

    #Charlemagne #WordsMeanThings

  2. Here is the problem we have seen: monasteries have been sending us letters full of good intentions but full of bad writing.

    The thoughts were right.

    The sentences were a mess.

    That worries us.

    If the monks can’t write clearly, can they really understand the Scriptures clearly?

    We think the two go together.

    Sloppy writing often means sloppy thinking. And sloppy thinking about the Bible is far more dangerous than sloppy writing.

    #Charlemagne #WordsMeanThings

  3. Backstage Burrow Ep3-2026: Pipe Dreams

    🎶🐰 Dive into the fascinating history of music with the Hydraulis, an ancient marvel from 3rd century BCE! Discover how Ctesibius of Alexandria invented the world's first keyboard instrument, revolutionizing sound and harmony and paving the way for Western music traditions. 🎹✨

    #hydraulis #organ #musichistory #musictechnology #ancientgreece #romanempire #middleages #charlemagne #keyboardinstruments #backstageburrow #rabbithole

    youtube.com/watch?v=kK_UQvLRJ9Y

  4. Backstage Burrow Ep3-2026: Pipe Dreams

    🎶🐰 Dive into the fascinating history of music with the Hydraulis, an ancient marvel from 3rd century BCE! Discover how Ctesibius of Alexandria invented the world's first keyboard instrument, revolutionizing sound and harmony and paving the way for Western music traditions. 🎹✨

    #hydraulis #organ #musichistory #musictechnology #ancientgreece #romanempire #middleages #charlemagne #keyboardinstruments #backstageburrow #rabbithole

    youtube.com/watch?v=kK_UQvLRJ9Y

  5. As there is a Charlemagne Prize for "uniting Europe", I wonder whether more than 1000 years from now, there will be a Putin Prize awarded for "uniting Europe"?

    Seriously, all you need is good PR and your descendants will be like "Wasn't it great when Charlemagne invaded the Saxons? And had their holy place destroyed? This is the behaviour we want to see in Europe"

    #Charlemagne #Karlspreis

  6. As there is a Charlemagne Prize for "uniting Europe", I wonder whether more than 1000 years from now, there will be a Putin Prize awarded for "uniting Europe"?

    Seriously, all you need is good PR and your descendants will be like "Wasn't it great when Charlemagne invaded the Saxons? And had their holy place destroyed? This is the behaviour we want to see in Europe"

    #Charlemagne #Karlspreis

  7. The Karlspreis, a prestigious European award, will be bestowed upon former European Central Bank (ECB) President and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in May... news.osna.fm/?p=31050 | #news #charlemagne #contributions #draghi #european

  8. Incredibly fun read about the river #Elbe, king #Charlemagne, arms and milk. That is, the phenomenon of liquid metasynthesis in #slavic languages dannybate.com/2025/06/30/the-l

  9. Incredibly fun read about the river #Elbe, king #Charlemagne, arms and milk. That is, the phenomenon of liquid metasynthesis in #slavic languages dannybate.com/2025/06/30/the-l

  10. Du nouveau sur #Charlemagne. Une synthèse sur la figure du grand empereur permet une lecture renouvelée de son règne. Pourtant, les Carolingiens n’ont pas tout inventé : une grande partie de ce qu’on leur attribue remonte en réalité beaucoup plus haut
    laviedesidees.fr/Du-nouveau-su

  11. Found a copy of the Song of Roland at my local used bookstore. Cheap and much shorter than Outlaws of the Marsh.

    I like how this 1970 translation has to note that Carcassonne is a city in southern France, like it’s obscure and unknown. I guess the board game wasn’t popular yet. (Or existed.)

    #Reading #Literature #Carcassonne #SongOfRoland #Charlemagne #French #FrenchLiterature

  12. Found a copy of the Song of Roland at my local used bookstore. Cheap and much shorter than Outlaws of the Marsh.

    I like how this 1970 translation has to note that Carcassonne is a city in southern France, like it’s obscure and unknown. I guess the board game wasn’t popular yet. (Or existed.)

    #Reading #Literature #Carcassonne #SongOfRoland #Charlemagne #French #FrenchLiterature

  13. Feankleaster; jarl Borg's gate to Valhalla is not far from Quatrebras... where Napoleon's army came through and Charlemagne's dna also mixed with that of the Magna Frisia #bethuneretro #quatrebras #charlemagne #rollo #fogelsanghstate #gardenofeden #saintboniface #tobiasforge #jdmcpherson #johnnycash #dagon #greydelisle

  14. @corbden

    Now that's my ancestor*, doing typically European things...

    *) ancestor to everyone with European ancestry, according to geneticists

    #Charlemagne

  15. @corbden

    Now that's my ancestor*, doing typically European things...

    *) ancestor to everyone with European ancestry, according to geneticists

    #Charlemagne

  16. NP: 's "#Charlemagne: The Omens of Death" album. Sir Christopher was the perfect man. I wish I had a bottle of his sweat so I could cook with it.

  17. NP: #ChristopherLee's "#Charlemagne: The Omens of Death" #metal album. Sir Christopher was the perfect man. I wish I had a bottle of his sweat so I could cook with it. #music

  18. I'm currently looking at the Godescalc Evangelistary, and I'm struck again by what an innovation it was. One of the books made at the court of #Charlemagne in the eighth century, its elaborate decoration & writing have no real precedent. This is the beginning of a period when the #medieval #manuscript book is raised to an art & an ideology. It's a very strange feeling, to be looking at such clear evidence of a fundamental historical shift.

    #palaeography @medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

  19. Venice might not have been

    Venice was an independent state for almost a millennium, but it might note have been. It all hinged on a single battle fought in the Venetian lagoon in 810.

    In the 700s, it had been a province of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna for a long time. However, long wars between the Exarchate and the Lombards had reduced the province to just a sliver of lagoon, called Venetia Marittima, between Grado in the north and Ravenna in the south.

    In 751, the Lombards got the better of the Exarchate, when they took Ravenna and captured and probably killed the last Exarch. Then the Franks under Charlemagne appeared in northern Italy, and defeated the Lombards.

    #Byzantium #Charlemagne #Franks #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice

    Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/venice-might-not-have-been/

  20. Venice might not have been

    Venice was an independent state for almost a millennium, but it might note have been. It all hinged on a single battle fought in the Venetian lagoon in 810.

    In the 700s, it had been a province of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna for a long time. However, long wars between the Exarchate and the Lombards had reduced the province to just a sliver of lagoon, called Venetia Marittima, between Grado in the north and Ravenna in the south.

    In 751, the Lombards got the better of the Exarchate, when they took Ravenna and captured and probably killed the last Exarch. Then the Franks under Charlemagne appeared in northern Italy, and defeated the Lombards.

    #Byzantium #Charlemagne #Franks #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice

    Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/venice-might-not-have-been/