Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600 (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

Teachers And Pupils. The Organization Of Schooling ; Venetian Schools In The High Renaissance ; Florentine And Roman Schools In The High Renaissance ; Girls And Working-class Boys In School -- The Latin Curriculum. The Coming Of The Studia Humanitatis ; Learning The Abcs With Hornbook And Primer ; Grammar ; Rhetoric ; The Rest Of The Latin Curriculum -- The Vernacular Curriculum. Italian Literature ; Learning Merchant Skills -- The Schools Of The Catholic Reformation. The Schools Of Christian Doctrine ; The Schools Of The Religious Orders -- Conclusion. The Role Of Education In The Italian Renaissance. Paul F. Grendler. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 431-461. Frontmatter (page N/A) List of Illustrations (page xiii) List of Tables (page xv) Preface (page xvii) Note on Quotations and Translations (page xix) Abbreviations (page xxi) I Teachers and Pupils (page 3)1 The Organization of Schooling (page 3) 2 Venetian Schools in the High Renaissance (page 42) 3 Florentine and roman Schools in the High Renaissance (page 71) 4 Girls and Working-Class Boys in School (page 87) II The Latin Curriculum (page 109) 5 The Coming of the Studia Humanitatis (page 111) 6 Learning the ABCs with Hornbook and Primer (page 142) 7 Grammar (page 162) 8 Rhetoric (page 203) 9 The Rest of the Latin Curriculum (page 235) III Tje Vernacular Curriculum (page 273) 10 Italian Literature (page 275) 11 Learning Merchant Skills (page 306) IV The Schools of the Catholic Reformation (page 331) 12 The Schools of Christian Doctrine (page 333) 13 The Schools of the Religious Orders (page 363) V Conclusion (page 401) 14 The Role of Education in the Italian Renaissance (page 403) Appendix 1 Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Italian Printings of Some Elementary Latin Grammars (page 413) Appendix 2 Italian Translations and Printings of the Libro aureo de Marco Aurelio of Antonio de Guevara (page 422) Appendix 3 Books of the Schools of Christian Doctrine (page 425) Bibliography (page 431) Index (page 463) Let those men teach boys who can do nothing greater, whose qualities are plodding diligence, a rather dull mind, a muddled intellect, ordinary talent, cold-bloodedness, a body tolerant of labor, and a mind contemptuous of glory, desirous of petty gains, and indifferent to boredom....