Reviews for Medieval Schools: Roman Britain to Renaissance England

The average rating for Medieval Schools: Roman Britain to Renaissance England based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-26 00:00:00 Guy Lap I didn't quite read this book from cover to cover, but it isn't necessarily the type of book intended for cover-to-cover reading. It is the consummation of a scholarly career dedicated to the titular subject, and every page reveals how exhaustive and exacting Orme's work is. He has combed historical records for every shred of evidence about education in medieval England, and he has brought that information together into a united work, lapsing neither into over-generalizations nor constant hedging. Orme consistently maintains the scholarly boundaries that keep his work clear and factual. If it is in spots a bit dry or unsatisfying, his subject is more to blame than his writing. Medieval Schools is a compendium of its topic rather than a book built on a particular premise. This is both its strength and its weakness: It is an invaluable encyclopedia of information on medieval schooling, free from strong authorial bias; however, the information it contains tends to remain just information, never aspiring to be a story or to pointedly prick the reader's mind with theories that could present an overarching view of education in the Middle Ages.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-02-06 00:00:00 Anthony Caciolo dropped: 07 may 2013