Education and learning
Jacques Fontaine
During the sixth and seventh centuries, political break-up affected economic social structures of Roman world only partially, even its education culture. Whilst amongst nobility towns provinces family was retaining ancient place, bishoprics monasteries were gradually taking over public schools late Empire. All cultural activity, writing or reading, heard read exegesis, spiritual discourse confabulatio, right up to conceptual systematisation a theological discussion on God, is integrated into specifically religious activity. The ideal clerical life training, practice language intelligently appropriate new conditions exercise preaching, exert lasting influence culture clergy, oral teaching dispensed Christian people by sermons private reading Bible.
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