The Education of Women During the Renaissance
Description:... This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... preface In this dissertation is presented the result of an inquiry into. the nature and extent of pedagogical endeavor in behalf of womankind during the period of the Revival of Learning, that is, from about 1350 to 1600. The subject here dealt with excludes the question of elementary training in the vernacular, and, generally, of all education in which the revived classics were not basic. Beginning with an examination into the origin and scope of the work of the humanistic theorists and practical educators in Italy, the center of the movement, the effort has been made to determine the results of similar endeavors in regions affected by the Italian Revival, that is, in Spain and Portugal, England, France, and the countries of northern Europe. The history of the opportunities afforded woman in this particular phase of human activity, can here be given but a passing review, but it is hoped that the few guide posts thus set up will invite investigation into the deeper mines of evidence bearing on other burning questions of woman's rights and privileges. To the Reverend Patrick Joseph McCormick, Ph.D., under whose direction this dissertation has been written, the author owes grateful acknowledgment for encouragement and for the invaluable information afforded her through his lecture courses in the History of Education. She is also deeply indebted to the other professors in the Department of Education of the Catholic University of America, in a special manner, to the Very Reverend Doctor Shields, Dean of the Catholic Sisters College, her professor in the Psychology of Education; and to her professors in Philosophy, the Reverend Doctor Turner and the Very Reverend Doctor Pace. To her Father, whose zeal and affection first guided her steps into...
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