Events from 804

Final pacification of Saxony - after 32 years of war, Saxony fully incorporated and Christianized, 10,000 Saxons relocated

Death of Alcuin - Charlemagne's chief scholar dies at Tours, leaves legacy of Carolingian Renaissance

Alcuin dies at Tours on May 19 - buried at St. Martin's, called 'most learned man of his age'

Alcuin's works preserved - 50+ treatises on theology, education, biblical commentary, 300+ poems

Alcuin's impact assessed - saved classical learning, created educational system for medieval Europe