Commentarius in Matthaeum. V-VIII

• Early Medieval Christian theology (c. 650-1200)
• Medieval Latin literature

Rabanus Maurus was one of the most prolific writers of the Carolingian Renaissance. His works include Biblical commentaries, homilies, theological treatises, pedagogical writings such as De institutione clericorum, and the encyclopedic De rerum naturis. He also composed Latin poetry and greatly influenced medieval education and scholarship, earning him the title "Praeceptor Germaniae".

Born in Mainz around 780, Rabanus entered the Benedictine monastery at Fulda, where he was educated and ordained a deacon in 801. In 802 he was sent to Tours to study under Alcuin, who in recognition of his scholarly qualities, gave him the epithet "Maurus", after the first disciple of St. Benedict.

Upon his return to Fulda in 803, Rabanus became the head‑master of the monastic school, which under his leadership grew into one of the most important centers of learning in Europe. He was ordained a priest in 814, and in 822 he was elected abbot of Fulda. After resigning the abbacy in 842 to devote himself to study and prayer, he spent a period in retirement at Petersberg. In 847, Rabanus was appointed archbishop of Mainz, a position he held until his death in 856.