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Author Orme, Nicholas, author

Title From Childhood to Chivalry : the Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy 1066-1530 / Nicholas Orme
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (284 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; One Growing up at home; Two Away from the family; Three The literature of education; Four Language, belief, behaviour; Five Letters and other arts; Six Arms and athletics; Seven From 'Medieval' to 'Renaissance'; Bibliography; Index
Notes "Originally published in 1984, this is a study of the kings and the aristocracy who ruled England between the Conquest and the Reformation. Not, as usual, about their adult lives, but how they became the people they were through childhood and education. The first such study of its kind, it follows noble boys and girls from birth through the care of their nurses, masters and mistresses, until they left home for further training in noble households, monasteries and universities. The author examines the theories and treatises on noble education, again for the first time. The rest of the book broadens into a wide cultural survey as Dr Orme describes the skills and ideas which noble children learnt. He explains how they mastered speech and literacy; worship and behaviour; dancing, music and applied art; athletics and training for war. This part of the study is a handbook of noble pursuits in medieval times. In his final chapter the author considers the nature of noble education in the middles ages, and examines how and whether it changed at the Renaissance. Nicholas Orme has written a comprehensive study, spanning 450 years of English history and making a major contribution to social and cultural history, as well as the history of education. His book will be invaluable to historians and medievalists of all disciplines, and essential reading from those who study the Renaissance."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Education of princes -- History -- To 1500
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Education -- Great Britain -- History
Education of princes -- History -- 16th century
Education of princesses -- History
Upper class -- Education -- History
Education, Medieval.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Education
Education, Medieval
Education of princes
Education of princesses
Upper class -- Education
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Education -- History
Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056742
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203730355
0203730356
9781351397506
1351397508
9781351397483
1351397486