Educational Documents: 800-1816

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Taylor & Francis, 2005 - Business & Economics - 306 pages

This collection of documentary material illustrates the main themes of educational history from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the nineteenth century. In covering this earlier history, Mr Sylvester's book adds an important perspective to the study of educational development. Full weight is given to the curricula and discipline of the various educational institutions over this period, as well as to the legal and constitutional frameword in which they were founded.


This book was first published in 1970.

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Contents

THE LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM 558
5
MEDIEVAL GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
13
SONG SCHOOLS w w
31
FIFTEENTH CENTURY
34
EDUCATION IN NUNNERIES
41
THE EDUCATION OF CRAFTSMEN
48
LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
75
THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CHANTRIES
83
CHARITY SCHOOLS
170
Leeds Charity School Orders for the Master and Mistress
187
AN ENDOWED GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE EIGHTEENTH
198
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
204
UNIVERSITIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
210
1797
221
THE GRAND TOUR
224
DISSENTING ACADEMIES
233

TUDOR AND STUART GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
91
THE ELIZABETHAN CHURCH AND EDUCATION
124
UNIVERSITIES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
144
THE PURITAN REVOLUTION AND EDUCATION
156
THE CLARENDON CODE
163
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
250
MONITORIAL SYSTEMS OF BELL AND LANCASTER
268
INDEX
289
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