1988_Carolingian Baptismal Instructions and the Carolingian Reform

Abstract

From the title of my talk, you are probably wondering , first of all, what is a "Carolingian baptismal instruction"? I'll try to answer this briefly, as well as why a significant number of them were written in the early ninth century. Then, I'd like to share with you one baptismal instruction that I have been working on recently. I discovered it last summer in El Escorial and I believe it is of Spanish origin.