Elementary and grammar education in late medieval France

During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Europe as a whole experienced a marked increase in the availability of elementary and grammar education. Though previous studies have focused on this development in Italy and England, France too saw a rise in the provision and demand for such instruction. In many ways, the instructional situation in France was a unique blend of trends from across Europe, ranging from Church-dominated schools to independent and communal teachers. Nowhere was this more evident than in the south-eastern city of Lyon, a crossroad of ideas from north and south as well as trade. This work examines the educational landscape of the city, how schools and teachers were organized and how they interacted with each other and with ecclesiastical and municipal authorities. It will also look at the experiences and careers of teachers and pupils and at the mentalities surrounding going to school in the Middle Ages. NB CATALOGUSTEKST CHICAGO: The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw a marked increase in the availability of elementary and grammar education in Europe. In France, that rise took the form of a unique blend of trends also seen elsewhere in Europe, ranging from Church-dominated schools to independent schools and communal groups of teachers. Lyon, long a crossroad of ideas from north and south, was home to a particularly interesting blend of approaches, and in this book Sarah Lynch offers a close analysis of the educational landscape of the city, showing how schools and teachers were organised and how they interacted with each other and with ecclesiastical and municipal authorities.