Renaissance Education

Education has always been perceived as a means of achieving wisdom even in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is believed that the embryos of the European educational systems were developed from the medieval monasteries (Plitz, 1981: 14). However, the cathedral schools soon outstripped the monasteries as a centre of learning (Piltz, 1981: 49). This progressive transfer of culture from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance marked the beginning of secularization. This essay will discuss the differences in …

…es was regimental, uncreative and impractical. Renaissance education on the other hand, was more analytical, liberal and realistic. However, the radical differences in world-views were inevitable, as educated monks were being controlled under secular rulers (Cook and Herzman, 1983:178). They were to follow the laws of these rulers instead of the laws of God. Nevertheless, the evolution of education has made favourable progress despite the constant change in principles and practice since the Renaissance. The End