Cathedral school
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Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complem
The cathedral school of Trondheim, founded in 1152, is the oldest school in Norway. Today, the Katedralskole serves as secondary school.
Philosopher on one of the archivolts over the right door of the west portal at Chartres Cathedral
Monastic school
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Monastic schools were, along with cathedral schools, the most important institutions of higher learning in the Latin West from the early Middle Ages until the 12th century. Since Cassiodorus's educati
Cathedral school
…advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools. Some of these early cathedral schools, and more recent foundations, continued into modern times. In the later Roman Empire, as Roman municipal education…
Boys going to school, Bolognese manuscript of the Decretum Gratiani, 14th century