The grammar schools of medieval England : A.F. Leach in historiographical perspective / John N. Miner
1990, First Edition. Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press. Near fine copy in the original decorated title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395145
ISBN: 0773506349
Physical description; x, 355 pages, 9 pages of plates : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-348) and index. Contents; Contents -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Preface -- PART ONE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF A.F. LEACH -- 1 Introductory Survey -- 2 Background to the Endowed Schools Act of 1869 -- 3 Leach as Assistant Charity Commissioner -- 4 Analysis of English Schools at the Reformation and The Schools of Medieval England -- 5 The Secular Origins of England's Schools -- PART TWO: THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF LEACH'S RESEARCH -- 6 The Grammar Program: The Teaching of Latin -- 7 The Grammar Program: Related Topics
8 Educational Institutions: The Religious Orders and the Diocesan Clergy9 Leach in his Historiographical Context: Contemporary Criticism and Recent Scholarship -- 10 Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- 1 Charity Commission Report on Chichester, 27 July 1886 -- 2 Latin Grammar -- 3 Dictamen -- 4 Speculative Grammar -- 5 William Chartham's Speculum Parvulorum -- 6 Educational Documents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W. Subjects; Leach, Arthur Francis 1851-1915.
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