The Growth of English Schooling, 1340-1548: Learning, Literacy, and Laicization in Pre-Reformation York Diocese (Princeton Legacy Library, 751)

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 Frontmatter CHARTS AND MAP (page ix) TABLES (page xi) PREFACE (page xiii) ABBREVIATIONS (page xix) CHAPTER 1 Medieval and Early Tudor Education and Literacy: The Debates (page 3) CHAPTER 2 Elementary and Grammar Education in Late Medieval England (page 21) CHAPTER 3 Scholars, Schoolmasters, and Schools (page 63) CHAPTER 4 The Schools of York Diocese (page 92) CHAPTER 5 Church and Educational Change (page 123) CHAPTER 6 Literacy and the Laicization of Education (page 150) CHAPTER 7 Literary Interests and Educational Motivations in York Diocese (page 185) Conclusion (page 221) APPENDIX A The Testamentary Sources Used in this Study (page 227) APPENDIX B Schools within the Diocese of York (page 237) BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 281) INDEX (page 313) Medieval And Early Tudor Education And Literacy: The Debates -- Elementary And Grammar Education In Late Medieval England -- Scholars, Schoolmasters, And Schools -- The Schools Of York Diocese -- Church And Educational Change -- Literacy And Laicization Of Education -- Literary Interests And Educational Motivations In York Diocese. Jo Ann Hoeppner Moran. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 281-311.