The schools of medieval England / by A.F. Leach
1916, Second Edition. London : Methuen & Co. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxing to edges and prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #404823
Physical description: xv, 349 pages, 37 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages vii-ix). Contents: Our oldest school -- Canterbury -- The Greek and Roman models -- Theodore of Tarsus and Aldhelm of Winchester -- The schools of Northumbria : Bede and Alcuin -- Alfred the Great and the school of Winchester -- The schools of Edward the Elder to Edward the Confessor -- The schools from Lanfranc to Becket -- University colleges, collegiate churches, and schools -- The era of school statutes -- The black death and Winchester college -- The Almonry or Choristers' schools in the monasteries -- The fifteenth century and humanism -- Henry VIII and the schools. Subjects: Education England History; Endowed public schools (Great Britain); Education, Secondary England History; Education, Medieval England; Education, Medieval England; Public schools; Secondary education; Public schools, Endowed (Great Britain); England.
Price: €30.00