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Education Through A Historical Lens

The document discusses the evolution of education in early Christianity, highlighting the role of catechumenal and cathedral schools in teaching the Christian faith and training clergy. By the 9th century, as Christianity became widespread in Europe, the need for catechumenal schools diminished. The Middle Ages, spanning from 450 to 1450, saw the Roman Catholic Church fill the void left by the Roman Empire, becoming the dominant institution in education.

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Education Through A Historical Lens

The document discusses the evolution of education in early Christianity, highlighting the role of catechumenal and cathedral schools in teaching the Christian faith and training clergy. By the 9th century, as Christianity became widespread in Europe, the need for catechumenal schools diminished. The Middle Ages, spanning from 450 to 1450, saw the Roman Catholic Church fill the void left by the Roman Empire, becoming the dominant institution in education.

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Europe and when parents could teach children the basics of the Christian
re~gion, there was no longer a need for these schools and they began to
disappear.
Organisationally,the early church was divided into dioceses,in other words,
geographicalareas. The head of the church in a particular diocese was a
bishop. At the places wh ere they were located, the bishops built big
churches called cathedrals . It is around these cathedrals where most of the
cities in Europe originated and developed , for example, Paris originated
around the Notre Dame Cathedral. In the cathedrals, bishopshad Cathedral
schools. These schools aimed to train clergy (church officials, such as
priesls), with the teacher being the bishop. Here future clergy were taught
the Bible and Latin, which was the language in which the Bible was written
ard the officiallanguage of the church.

2.6 EDUCATION DURING THE MIDDLE AGES


The MiddleAges refers to the period 450-1450in western civilisatiOn(lf irore
l)recjsjonis needed, from AD 476 when the Roman Empire ceased toexilt
Until 1453 When printingwas invented and when Constantinoplefell), (la lhe
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Ind lie view in Europe. The Roman Catholic Chuich filled tlt8::-
left by the Roman Empire State apparatus, which meant

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