What are the characteristics of medieval universities?

An obvious feature of early medieval education in western Europe is that "monks gained a monopoly position in knowledge education, so education itself also permeated with theological nature", that is, Christian schools were almost the only educational institutions in this period, and priests were the main educators. Christian schools in this period can be roughly divided into monastery schools, bishop schools and parish schools.

Compared with Christian schools, secular education in early Middle Ages in Western Europe was rather weak. The main educational form of secular feudal lords in this period was knight education. This is a special form of family education. The main goal is to cultivate the chivalrous spirit and skills of being brave and chivalrous, loyal to the monarch and respecting the Lord. Chivalry includes military morality, religious morality and social communication morality.

2. Late stage

With the development of urban economy and the growing of emerging citizen classes, new educational institutions and forms have begun to appear. Among them, the most noteworthy are medieval universities and city schools. The first batch of medieval universities developed on the basis of free research and lectures. The basic goal of medieval universities is that the training objectives and teaching contents are obviously different. Medieval universities are not only a new educational institution, but also represent a new concept.

3. City schools

A new educational institution came into being to meet the needs of the new citizen class. It is not the name of a school, but the general name of the schools attended by citizens' children. It includes schools of different types and sizes, such as guild schools run by handicraft associations and missionary schools set up by merchants associations.

Extended data

Characteristics of the Middle Ages

1, morning

From the late classical era to the early Middle Ages, population decline, anti-urbanization, invasion and people's migration never stopped. People migrate on a large scale.

2. Medium-term

After 1000 A.D., with the innovation of technology and agriculture and the prosperity of trade, the climate change in the warm period of the Middle Ages increased the crop yield and the population of Europe increased greatly.

3. Late stage

In the late Middle Ages, famine, plague and war were everywhere, and the population of Europe was obviously weak. From 1347 to 1350, the Black Death killed about one third of Europeans. Disputes within the Catholic Church, separatism and conflicts between countries, civil strife and peasant uprisings are rampant everywhere. With the development of culture and technology, great changes have taken place in European society, and Europe has gradually entered modernity.

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