Elementary and Grammar Education in Late Medieval France: Lyon, 1285–1530. Sarah B. Lynch. Knowledge Communities. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017. 190 pp. €89

• Published in: Renaissance quarterly Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 297 - 299
• Main Author: Gehl, Paul F.
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Case studies; Education; Elementary schools; Grammar instruction; Renaissance period; Students; France

The educational system (as the author notes, the notion is anachronistic) included a substantial number and variety of elementary and intermediate schools, but no advanced studies were to be had. Lynch provides a case study (101–06) of Ascensius and his influential reading anthology for Latin studen...