The Growth of English Schooling, 1340-1548 : Learning, Literacy, and Laicization in Pre-Reformation York Diocese

In contrast to the prevailing view, this book reveals the educational revolution" of the 1500s to have grown from an earlier expansion of elementary and grammar education in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and early sixteenth centuries. Originally published in 1985. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. In contrast to the prevailing view, this book reveals the educational revolution" of the 1500s to have grown from an earlier expansion of elementary and grammar education in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and early sixteenth centuries. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 CONTENTS CHARTS AND MAP TABLES PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1. Medieval and Early Tudor Education and Literacy: The Debates CHAPTER 2. Elementary and Grammar Education in Late Medieval England CHAPTER 3. Scholars, Schoolmasters, and Schools CHAPTER 4. The Schools of York Diocese CHAPTER 5. The Church and Educational Change CHAPTER 6. Literacy and the Laicization of Education CHAPTER 7. Literary Interests and Educational Motivations in York Diocese Conclusion APPENDIX A. The Testamentary Sources Used in this Study APPENDIX B. Schools with in the Diocese of York Bibliography Index