Centres and Edges

England contained hundreds of schools in and after the twelfth century. They did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Crown, or that of the Church to more than a limited extent. Neither authority regulated them through legislation or regular inspection. Yet their functioning reveals a remarkable degree of cohesion and similarity. How schools were organized and taught was much the same, wherever the place. Centre and edges kept in touch. The article explores how this was achieved: through the circulation of commonly accepted textbooks, the training of some teachers at Oxford and Cambridge, movements of teachers from one school to another, the expectations of parents, and eventually the influence of prestigious national institutions like Eton, St Paul’s London, and Winchester

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