Books and Libraries
Charlemagne during the ninth-century C.E. became King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne was a real lover of books, or a bibliophile. He pressured for clerics to translate Christian creed and the prayers into their respective vernacular. So much translating was going on in his court. Book production was still completed totally by hand and therefore took more time to complete, and book production was also only taking place in large monastic libraries. Books were so in demand during Charlemagne’s time that monastic libraries lent out some books, but only if that borrower put up something of value to that library as collateral to make sure those books were returned. At Charlemagne’s court, a court library was founded (Murray, 2009).
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