The Classicization of the Latin Curriculum and “The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century”: A Quantitative Study of the Codicological Evidence
Jaakko Tahkokallio
This article examines the use of pagan classics in education central Middle Ages, analyzing numbers and sizes their surviving manuscripts as its primary evidence. It sets out to establish that entry into school over ca. 800-ca. 1200 was not simply about adding them curriculum but gradually replaced early Christian poets which had dominated study Latin pre-Carolingian period. Secondly, it demonstrates this classicization accompanied by a significant change format containing texts. Over period examined, average size fell 40% percent, development indicates increasing accessibility classrooms. The concludes while term “renaissance twelfth century”is problematic cultural summation, seems justified describing changes took place middle ages, culminating century.
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