Hist West Educ: Ancient World V 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415848190)

Volume One of three, this is a reprint of James Bowen's A History of Western Education originally published by Methuen in the 1970s. Volume One covers The Ancient World: Orient and Mediterranean 2000B.C - A.D. 1054. The volume traces the development of education in the ancient world from the first scribal cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt to learning in the early Christian church. A detailed account is given of the achievements of Greece in literacy, learning, philosophy and training for public life - achievements which were further developed in the Hellenistic Orient and incorporated by the Romans into their own highly organized educational system. This leads to the emergence of a specifically Christian ideal of education, the decline of secular learning in the West, and the preservation of learning both in Byzantium and in Western monasticism.

Author: James Bowen
ISBN-10: 0415848199
ISBN-13: 9780415848190
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2015
Pages: 436
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d