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Education and society in Tudor England

Joan Simon
This book discusses educational developments during a crucial period of English history in their social context, revising a long-standing interpretation of the effect of Reformation legislation.
Print Book, English, 1979
UP, Cambridge, 1979
XI, 451 Seiten ; 8°
9780521228541, 9780521296793, 0521228549, 052129679X
611791888
Preface; Part I. The Fifteenth-Century Background and Humanist Innovations: 1. The fifteenth-century background; 2. Humanists, the new learning and educational change; 3. Erasmus and vives on education; 4. Education and the state; Part II. The Reformation in England, 1536–53: 5. The progress of the Hentician reformation; 6. Schools at the dissolution of the monasteries; 7. The re-orientation of university learning; 8. Policies under Edward VI; 9. The chantries act of 1547 and its outcome; 10. University reform 1549–53; 11. The legacy of the Edwardian reformation; Part III. The Place of Education in the Elizabethan Age: 12. Education and social change; 13. The Elizabethan settlement and the schools; 14. The institution of the gentleman; 15. The triumph of the vernacular; Check-list of sources; Bibliography; Index.