Education and society in Florentine Tuscany. Vol. 1, Teachers, pupils and schools, c. 1250-1500 /

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Author / Creator:Black, Robert, 1946-
Imprint:Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 838 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 0926-6070 ; v. 29
Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 29.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11189291
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Varying Form of Title:Teachers, pupils and schools, c. 1250-1500
ISBN:9789047421399
9047421396
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:Scholarship on pre-university education in Italy before 1500 has been dominated by studies of individual towns or by general syntheses. This work offers an archival study of a region and also attempts to discern crucial local variations.
Other form:Print version: Black, Robert, 1946- Education and society in Florentine Tuscany. Vol. 1, Teachers, pupils and schools, c. 1250-1500. Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2007 9789004158535 9004158537
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Abbreviations; Editorial note regarding citations from manuscripts; Chapter One Literacy in Florence, 1427; Chapter Two The school curriculum in Florentine Tuscany and in the city of Florence; Chapter Three The decline of church education and the rise of lay schools in Tuscany; Chapter Four The rise of communal schools in Florentine Tuscany: 1262 to 1400; Chapter Five Teachers, schools and pupils in Florence during the fifteenth century; Appendix One Education in the Florentine Catasto, 1427; Appendix Two Education in the Florentine Catasto, 1458.