Precarious knowledge in the Carolingian period
Carine van Rhijn
Learning and education were considered to be of the utmost importance throughout Carolingian world. The revival learning, which is usually part so-called “Carolingian reforms”, had impressive effects. A wave rediscovered new knowledge thus washed over Europe, was eagerly studied, copied, discussed, disseminated. Studying doubt or precariousness may therefore shed light on development early medieval ideas about reliability authority. best attested way in copyists compilers added potential trustworthiness prognostic texts through adding titles emending them. “storage house” precarious no quarantine area that one could only enter with necessary precautions place. As for students scholars period itself, store-room seems have inspired curiosity rather than fear texts.
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