Ecclesiastical Legislation on Education, A. D. 300-1200
Ellen Perry Pride
The story of learning in the Middle Ages has been patiently reconstructed from a great many sources, and one its principal themes rightly preeminent service Christian Church preservation classical writings, stimulation thought, instruction members. distinction is not always carefully drawn, however, between enthusiasm felt by clerical individuals institutional policies Church. A detailed enumeration analysis official pronouncements about education may qualify general impression and, eliminating certain misconceptions, leave clearer path for tracing rise schools after barbarian invasions. legislation will reveal whole attitude ecclesiastics, since were less likely to define their institutions than we are, but it provides an indication that should be minimized.
Church History