Classical Education in Britain 1500–1900

Originally published in 1959, this book examines the history of classical education in Britain, beginning in the sixteenth century.

Martin Lowther Clarke (Author)

9781107622067, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 2014

246 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg

Originally published in 1959, this book examines the history of classical education in Britain, beginning in the sixteenth century with the rise of humanism, which emphasized the importance of reading only the best Latin authors and re-introduced Roman structures of education in the form of grammar schools. Clarke also uses Scotland to compare and contrast with the educational history of England, particularly the ways in which the teaching of classics changed and developed over time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of education in general, and the history of classical education in particular.

Preface
Introduction
1. The sixteenth-century grammar school
2. The universities in the sixteenth century
3. The schools in the seventeenth century
4. The unreformed grammar school
5. The universities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
6. The schools in the nineteenth century I
7. The schools in the nineteenth century II
8. The universities, 1800–50
9. The universities, 1850–1900
10. New universities
11. Scotland from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century
12. Scotland: the nineteenth century
13. Trinity College, Dublin
14. Conclusion
Notes
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]