Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London

"Education in England in the Middle Ages" by Albert William Parry is a historical work that examines the growth of education in England from the arrival of Christianity up to the Reformation. It explores the Church's role and explains the different times, like the Anglo-Saxon period and the start of universities, which molded education back then. The author aims to provide detailed account of education during a massive change time in England's History. Parry talks about three parts of how education changed, the Anglo-Saxon churches and the monasteries as teachers, then the churches teaching after the Norman Conquest, and then a slow shift to regular learning. He points out important people and places, like missionaries and monastery schools and looks at how schools changed because of society, church and state connections, and realizing education was important for citizens and religion.