The thunderous shouts that acclaimed the prowess of the new Frankish leader were as warlike as those which ever greeted the hoisting of a Carolingian King on the shields of his lieges.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
That he was used for this purpose first in the Carolingian cloister-schools, and later in the secular schools which grew to independent existence as a result of the vigorous spread of educational spirit, cannot be doubtful.
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman
Since the Carolingian Epoch these regulations of the Church were often repeated, as, for example, in the Exhortation to the Christian Laity of the ninth century.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente