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The General Admonition
Admonitio Generalis
Charlemagne and his court
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What it is
Eighty-two chapters ordering the clergy of the empire to correct their books, learn the creed and the Lord's Prayer, preach in a language people understand, and open schools.
Why it lasted
The founding document of the Carolingian renaissance, and arguably the most consequential education policy in European history.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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