Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Subtitle: Tradition and Innovation in Latin Schools from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9780521036122
Subjects: Education; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; History - General History; History: World; Italy; Europe - Italy; Medieval; Renaissance; History / Europe / General; History / Italy; History : Medieval; History : Renaissance; Latin language--Study and teaching--Italy--Hi; Latin language--Study and teaching--Italy--History--To 1500; Europe - General
First sentence: The history of education is particularly susceptible to influence from wider intellectual, philosophical and political movements; scholars have been tempted to justify their own intellectual formation by applauding or condemning the educational attitudes and assumptions of previous epochs.