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Education in early modern England / Helen M. Jewell.
Van Pelt Library LA631.5 .J49 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jewell, Helen M.
- Series:
- Social history in perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--England--History.
- Education.
- England.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 231 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, [England] : MacMillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Covering the period c. 1530-c. 1760, this book analyzes the aims, facilities and achievements across all levels of institutional and informal education in England. Attention is given to the education situation in the rest of the British Isles, as well as western Europe and North America. Providing a strong grasp of the medieval foundations of education in England, the book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the current state of the debate, also integrating women's education into the general picture.
- Contents:
- 2 Outline of Developments 14
- 3 The Aims of Education 45
- 4 Educational Facilities 92
- 5 Educational Achievements 130
- 6 The Broader Perspective: the British Isles, Western Europe and North America 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-216) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333636422
- 0312217471
- OCLC:
- 39069270
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