Albert William Parry’s Education in England in the Middle Ages is a scholarly study, originally a doctoral thesis, examining how learning and schooling were organized in medieval England. Parry surveys the monastic, cathedral, and grammar schools, the rise of the universities, and the methods and content of instruction during the period.
The book reconstructs a system of education shaped by the Church, the guilds, and the developing institutions of learning, illuminating how knowledge was transmitted before the changes of the Renaissance and Reformation. Parry combines careful research with clear exposition. For readers interested in medieval England, the history of education, and the origins of the English schools and universities, it offers a thorough and well-documented academic account.