Feudal Education

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Feudal Education
By Shayne and Kyle M.
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Schools
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Trading towns started grammar schools and in
1500s most large towns had them. All the lessons
were taught in Latin because Latin was language
used for trade in Europe, so it was very
important. Other subjects they were taught
included grammar, rhetoric, logic, astronomy,
philosophy, and math.
school was not a normal right, it was a privilege
Books were way to expensive, so lessons were
taught so students could remember off by heart
There were very few girls in schools
Most schools were only one room

• There were 3 types of schools
• Grammar
• Charity
• Sunday

It was very expensive and only rich, high
classed, and religious people could afford to go
to school
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• Schools started at sunrise and ended at
  sunset

At first schools were taught by nuns at the
church, and after awhile it evolved into town
folk providing the educational facilities.
Teachers were very religious and were also very
strict
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Universities
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In medieval times universities were quite
different then they are now. Students had a lot
more freedom. They could choose their own
courses, hire their own professor, and pick their
own hours. They were also allowed to leave a
professor if they were tired of him, and hire
another. In the process they would have to go to
several lectures before deciding if they were
going to pay him or not. The only books
were owned by the professor and students wrote
notes on way notes.
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Oldest university in Europe.
Scientists say it was founded by King Alfred
Oxford
Located in Oxford, England
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Cambridge
After a fight between Oxfords students and the
towns people of Oxford, England, the students
went to Cambridge, England and founded Cambridge
university.
Founded in 1209
2nd oldest university in Europe
Located in Cambridge, England
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The Birch
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The birch was a type of punishment for children
misbehaving.
It was a rod made of birch branches with a type
of string acting as a handle.
It was applied to the bare bottom of the child
Not only was there pain, but there was also the
added humiliation of having to undress
Needless to say the punishment was very effective.
The skin can be severely cut
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When a child is being punished they would usually
get 5-6 strokes with 12 being the maximum legal.
The picture below is of a kid lying over the back
of another kid about to be whipped with the
birch.
This picture above shows the Eton block, where
students knelt, to be whipped with the birch.
Small children could be punished lying over the
knees, but for older kids the favorite position
was bending over a stool or a special made bench,
like the Eton block.  
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There are two types of birch rods, Spray Birch
and Manx Birch. The Spray Birch is made of
small, skinny birch branches about 3-5 feet long
tied together at one end to make the handle
leaving a spray of twigs at the other end. The
Manx Birch consists of fat, heavy branches tied
in a bundle about three feet long.
A birch rod usually consists of a bundle of 12 to
20 twigs form 65 to 75 cm long, bound in the
first third of its length by ribbon, cord or
leather, forming a handle.
Manx Birch
The twigs can be of any appropriate wood, but the
most common are the white birch or the silver
birch, because they are mostly straight and
flexible.
Spray Birch
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Women
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There were very few girls that went to school.
Some women from noble families were taught by a
male at home or at another noblemans house.
Others from rich families would go out of the
country for an education.
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The basis of girls education was how to keep a
household going so your husband was well kept.
Women would also become nuns, writers, poets,
composers, and artists.
The lady was also in charge of the
accounting/finances.
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Peasants
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A son of a peasant was only allowed to go to
school if he got the lords permission. This was
to keep things the way they were because people
that were high classed thought that if peasants
were educated they might question the way things
were going.
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Couldnt afford to go to school, so they had to
get educated some other way.
They would serve someone with a job for no
money, to learn the skill. In return they would
receive food and shelter and sometimes becoming
part of the family
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