Question
Though this script was phased out during the High Middle Ages in favor of the blockier Gothic script, later humanists thought it looked so beautiful they mistook it as being Roman and brought it back. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this script developed under its namesake 8th-century dynasty as part of an effort to standardize the Latin used in the Vulgate Bible.
ANSWER: Carolingian Miniscule [or Caroline Miniscule, reject partial answers]
[10e] The efforts to standardize Latin during the Carolingian Renaissance were promoted by this “great” Frankish monarch, who was the first to revive the title of Emperor after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
ANSWER: Charlemagne [or Charles the Great or Carolus Magnus; prompt on Charles]
[10m] This scholar worked on perfecting Carolingian Miniscule after becoming an abbot in Tours. Charlemagne summoned him to his Aachen court from England.
ANSWER: Alcuin of York [or Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |