Medieval Education
In the middle ages Monks taught a boys school where they learned
to read and write Latin. Latin was important because both the Bible and the
Church services used Latin. Bishops also taught cathedral schools. Some of them
like the ones in Paris, became great learning centres and universities. Many of
the smartest men of the Middle Ages, such as Peter Abelard and Saint Thomas
Aquinas were educated at Paris and also taught there.
Students in the middles ages started learning with the seven
liberal arts. The liberal arts are Latin grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic,
geometry, astronomy, and music. A person who showed that they specialized in
the seven liberal arts became a Master of Arts, M.A. Students could choose to
study either law, medicine, philosophy, or theology. Some universities today still
offer the same degrees as the ones in the Middle Ages,
but like today, all people do not choose to get a degree.
to read and write Latin. Latin was important because both the Bible and the
Church services used Latin. Bishops also taught cathedral schools. Some of them
like the ones in Paris, became great learning centres and universities. Many of
the smartest men of the Middle Ages, such as Peter Abelard and Saint Thomas
Aquinas were educated at Paris and also taught there.
Students in the middles ages started learning with the seven
liberal arts. The liberal arts are Latin grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic,
geometry, astronomy, and music. A person who showed that they specialized in
the seven liberal arts became a Master of Arts, M.A. Students could choose to
study either law, medicine, philosophy, or theology. Some universities today still
offer the same degrees as the ones in the Middle Ages,
but like today, all people do not choose to get a degree.