Humanism and Protestantism in early modern English education / Ian M. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, I. M.

Series:

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.

St Andrews studies in Reformation history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--England--History.

Education.

Education, Humanistic--England--History.

Education, Humanistic.

Humanism--England--History.

Humanism.

Protestantism--England--History.

Protestantism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hants, England ; Burlington : Ashgate, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Protestantism on the education offered to a wide range of adolescents in the hundreds of grammar schools operating in England between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. By placing that education in the context of Lutheran, Calvinist and Jesuit education abroad, it offers an overview of the uses to which Latin and Greek were put in English schools, and identifies the strategies devised by clergy and laity in England for coping with the tensions between classical studies and Protestant doctrine. It also offers a reass

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Historiography and Sources; 2 Grammar Schools and Grammar Teachers in Protestant England; 3 The Uses of Latin in the Lower Forms of Grammar Schools; 4 The Uses of Latin and Greek in the Senior Forms and Universities; 5 Protestant Influences in Grammar Schools and Universities; 6 Assessing the Impact; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612243608

9781315587578

1315587572

9781317119623

1317119622

9781317119616

1317119614

9781282243606

1282243608

9780754694687

0754694682

OCLC:

434575274