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The Education of Catholics from the Act of Uniformity to the Catholic Relief Acts1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2015

Geoffrey Holt S.J.
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While there was considerable interest in education in sixteenth and seventeenth century England (it is unnecessary to remind ourselves that it was not compulsory) there can be little doubt that it had suffered much as the result of the changes brought about by the Reformation. The religious houses of men and women where boys and girls had received some schooling were swept away and the new grammar schools only partially filled the void. The universities too had been through a period of upheaval. By the end of the sixteenth century the State had laid it down that every schoolmaster had to have a licence to teach and that no children might be sent abroad for their education. The curriculum in the schools was narrow; despite proposals, which had little effect, to make education more practical, the choice of subjects was still largely dictated by theological considerations and Latin, Greek and Hebrew were predominant in the grammar schools. The State, of course, did little or nothing to help although some sequestrated revenues were allotted to education during the Commonwealth period.

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Research Article
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British Catholic History , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , May 2005 , pp. 346 - 358
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Copyright © Catholic Record Society 2005

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Footnotes

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This article was originally a lecture given to a recusant society. It has been altered slightly and some additions have been made.

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