Alcuin and the Legatine Capitulary of 786: The Evidence of Scriptural Citations
Bryan Carella
The question of Alcuin’s possible involvement in drafting the Legatine Capitulary 786, a collection twenty canons composed Northumbria under direction legation sent by Pope Hadrian, has remained matter controversy. Despite presence during its composition and his well-known concern for native people, scholars including D.A. Bullough Joanna Story have skeptical about authorship. Catherine Cubitt, however, identified number close parallels between other writings, several quotations from Bible. Following Cubitt’s lead, I here compare every variant/idiosyncratic scriptural citation with all citations same verse full corpus work to see what this evidence might reveal extent influence. As it turns out, data gather strongly suggest that Alcuin was substantially implicated document.
The Journal of medieval Latin