Teaching classics in English schools, 1500-1840 / by Matthew Adams.

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Adams, Matthew [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Description: 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781443887694
1443887692

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Teaching classics in english schools, 1500-1840.DDC classification:

480/.071/041 23

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PA59

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Summary: This book provides a concise and engaging history of classical education in English schools, beginning in 1500 with massive educational developments in England as humanist studies reached this country from abroad; it ends with the headmastership of Thomas Arnold of Rugby School, who died in 1842, and whose influence on schools helped secure Latin and Greek as the staple of an English education. By examining the pedagogical origins of Latin and Greek in the school curriculum, the book provides historical perspective to the modern study of Classics, revealing how and why the school curriculum de.

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This book provides a concise and engaging history of classical education in English schools, beginning in 1500 with massive educational developments in England as humanist studies reached this country from abroad; it ends with the headmastership of Thomas Arnold of Rugby School, who died in 1842, and whose influence on schools helped secure Latin and Greek as the staple of an English education. By examining the pedagogical origins of Latin and Greek in the school curriculum, the book provides historical perspective to the modern study of Classics, revealing how and why the school curriculum de.

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