preservation

In reading about Charlamagne i was particularly interested in the preservation of knowledge, and specifically the reformation of handwriting. It is interesting that our upper and lower case letters have slightly different origins. In my mind much thanks goes to Charlamagne and those involved in their own renessaince. Also, were it not for monks studiously transcribing tome after tome after musty tome it is likely that we would have very little by way of history in this region of the world. They (the monks) deserve much thanks for that.