Hautvillers, Frankia, 845 - 860 AD
Hautvillers, Frankia, 845 - 860 ADThe archbishopric of Reims passed to a greater man than Ebbo in 845 with the consecration of Hincmar. Although, on that day in early May, neither of us had an inkling of how his mandate would affect us. I can, with hindsight, reveal that it was providential. A man of learning and culture, he soon discovered evidence of our activities under his predecessor and, captivated by our skills, sent us away.
An obsession or passion for ancient texts that eclipsed Ebbo’s led him to establish an important scriptorium in a place six leagues farther south, situated in a forest and on a hill. Less than another league in the same direction flowed the River Marne. That was a worry, but more about that anon. Hincmar desired for this scr
