Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: Tradition and Innovation in Latin Schools from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century

by Robert Black

Book Overview

Based on the study of over 500 surviving manuscript school books, this comprehensive 2001 study of the curriculum of school education in medieval and Renaissance Italy contains some surprising conclusions. Robert Black's analysis finds that continuity and conservatism, not innovation, characterize medieval and Renaissance teaching. The study of classical texts in medieval Italian schools reached its height in the twelfth century; this was followed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521036127
• ISBN13: 9780521036122
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"