Education in the Middle Ages — Peter Jones / Serious Science

Historian Peter Jones on monastic education, cathedral schools and apprenticeship in the Middle Ages. Read the full text on our website: ’In a cathedral school you imitated not just the ideas of the master but also their bodily comportment, you wanted to become like your masters at the cathedral school. In other words, at the cathedral schools you learned not just ideas or read texts: you learn how to be the kind of person that your master was. ’ Peter Jones, PhD in History, University of Tyumen History of Laughter: Medieval Mapping: Be the first to find out about our new videos and articles. Learn interesting facts about various topics and people. Discover the answers to the big questions. Be in the know. Follow us: We are on Patreon: