A Social History of Education in England

John Lawson, Harold Silver

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134532025
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Originally published in 1973,this book describes the medieval origins of the British education system, and the transformations successive historical events – such as the Reformation, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution – have wrought on it. It examines the effect on the educational pattern of such major cultural upheavals as the Renaissance; it looks at the different parts played by church and state, and the influence of new social and educational philosophies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• I Anglo-Saxon beginnings: education in the service of Christianity 600–1066
• II Early medieval: education a function of the church 1066–1300
• III Later medieval: education within and without the church 1300–1530
• IV Social change and educational expansion 1530–1640
• V Education during the puritan revolution 1640–1660
• VI Education and society in pre-industrial England 1660–1780
• VII Education in a changing society 1780–1830
• VIII The state and voluntary effort 1830–1869
• IX Education and social policy 1869–1900
• X Towards a unified system 1900–1938
• XI Education and social ideals 1939–1972
• Select Bibliography
• Index