Back to the Schoolyard
Subtitle: The Daily Practice of Medieval and Renaissance Education (Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800))
Publisher: Brepols Publishers; Brepols
Published: December 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9782503525990
Subjects: Medieval; Western Europe - General; History; History - General History; History: World
Description: "Medieval and Renaissance schools have been studied before, but never from the perspective of those who experienced it on a daily basis. Recent excavations on the sites of late-medieval schools and boarding houses revealed the objects used by pupils and teachers for reading, writing, mathematics, and school life in general. Combining those finds with texts and hundreds of depictions of school scenes in manuscripts, frescoes, sculpture, stained glass and early prints, the practice of education could be reconstructed. The book gives a detailed overview of the material school culture, allowing a rare glimpse into a late-medieval classroom."--Jacket.