THE CAROLINGIAN RENEWAL IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE THROUGH HRABANUS MAURUS'S<i>COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW</i>
Owen M. Phelan
Hrabanus Maurus's Commentary on Matthew provides a lens through which to view the centrality of biblical studies Carolingian reform initiatives. The commentary sits amid burst interest in Matthew's Gospel first quarter ninth century. It also occupies central place Hrabanus's program for clerical education and renewal. imagined work as user-friendly reference guide or introductory text structured with highly sophisticated complementary indexing, organizing, searching features privilege ease use. design allows quick appreciation simple interpretation Gospel's overall narrative structure, its principal episodes, individual verses. Moreover, took painstaking effort document numerous patristic sources upon he drew building commentary, well acknowledge when contributed thoughts his own. manuscript record, epistolary remarks, sermon texts, literary references — including vernacular testify broad dissemination use by network patrons, peers, students across Frankish Europe. Attention content, influence expands scholarly genius beyond achievements an abbot bishop prolific exegete, include resourcefulness practicality teaching. study illumines close association leaders saw between broader cultural renewal along networks connecting world they reflected promoted reform.
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