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Charlemagne (d.814), ruler of much of Western Europe, wanted to revive learning in his lands. So he gathered scholars from all over the place to cultivate an intellectual circle. Sadly, even though he wanted to be educated, he was unable to learn how to use a stylus and never could write. (His contemporary and biographer Einhard thought he had started trying to learn too late in life).